Overseas départements and regions The regulation of radiation protection and the transport of radioactive substances in the five overseas départements and regions (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyane, La Réunion, Mayotte) and in certain overseas collectivities is ensured by the Paris division. It also acts as expert to the competent authorities of Nouvelle‑Calédonie and French Polynesia. 9 inspections The installations and activities to regulate comprise: • small-scale nuclear activities in the medical sector: • 5 external-beam radiotherapy departments, • 1 brachytherapy department, • 5 nuclear medicine departments, • 21 centres practising fluoroscopy-guided interventional procedures; • small-scale nuclear activities in the industrial, veterinary and research sectors: • 3 industrial radiology companies using gamma radiography devices; • activities associated with the transport of radioactive substances. Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Nine inspections were carried out in the small-scale nuclear activities sector in the French Overseas départements, regions and collectivities in 2024. Three on-site inspection campaigns were carried out by ASN. No significant events in small-scale nuclear activities were rated level 1 or higher on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES). ABSTRACTS – ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2024 57
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