In 2024, the company Jimmy Energy submitted to the Ministry responsible for nuclear safety an application for authorisation to create a plant for assembling fuel elements for its high-temperature Small Modular Reactor (SMR) project (see box page 330 of chapter 11 of the full ASN Report) at Le Creusot, in the Saône-et-Loire département. Bourgogne- Franche-Comté The Dijon division regulates nuclear safety, radiation protection and the transport of radioactive substances in the 8 départements of the Bourgogne‑Franche‑Comté region. 60 inspections ASN conducted 60 inspections in small-scale nuclear activities in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in 2024, comprising 21 inspections in the medical sector, 24 in the industrial, research and veterinary sectors, seven concerning radon exposure, four to monitor approved organisations and laboratories, and four specific to the transport of radioactive substances. ASN also devoted particular attention to the Framatome nuclear pressure equipment manufacturing plants situated in the Bourgogne‑Franche‑Comté region. The actions conducted by ASN in this context are described in chapter 10 of the full ASN Report. ASN carried out ten inspections in these plants in 2024, of which five were in the Creusot plant and five in the Chalon Saint‑Marcel plant. The installations and activities to regulate comprise: • small-scale nuclear activities in the medical sector: • 8 external-beam radiotherapy departments, • 4 brachytherapy departments, • 16 nuclear medicine departments, of which 3 practise internal targeted radiotherapy, • 36 centres practising fluoroscopy-guided interventional procedures, • 64 computed tomography scanners for diagnostic purposes in 51 centres, • about 800 medical radiology devices, • about 2,000 dental radiology devices; • small-scale nuclear activities in the industrial, veterinary and research sectors: • about 250 veterinary practices, of which 5 have a computed tomography scanner and 16 practice equine radiology, • about 400 industrial and research centres, including 27 companies with an industrial radiography activity, • 1 industrial irradiator using radioactive sources, • 1 computed tomography scanner dedicated to research, • 2 accelerators, 1 for the production of drugs for medical imaging and 1 for industrial irradiation; • activities associated with the transport of radioactive substances; • ASN-approved organisations and laboratories: • 1 organisation approved for radiation protection controls, • 5 organisations approved for measuring radon, • 1 laboratory approved for taking environmental radioactivity measurements. Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 ABSTRACTS – ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2024 47
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