DEEP GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL PROJECT ASN considers that the scientific experiments and work conducted by Andra in the underground laboratory at Bure continued in 2024 with a good standard of quality, comparable with that of the preceding years. ASN also continued examining the Creation Authorisation Application (DAC) for the Cigéo project that Andra filed with the Minister responsible for nuclear safety on 16 January 2023 (see chapter 15 of the full ASN Report). SMALL MODULAR REACTOR PROJECT IN BAZANCOURT On 3 May 2024, the company Jimmy Energy filed a DAC for the construction of a Small Modular Reactor (SMR) in the Marne département. The intended purpose of this reactor would be to provide industrial heat to a factory of the Cristal Union group. As at 31 December 2024, ASN had completed analysing the admissibility of the application and the follow-up to be given to the analysis was being examined by the Ministry responsible for nuclear safety (see chapter 11 of the full ASN Report). ABSTRACTS – ASN Report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2024 61 Regional overview of nuclear safety and radiation protection GRAND EST
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