ASN participation
in international conferences offered opportunities for the exchange
of extremely useful information concerning regulatory practices and
the problems encountered in the field of nuclear safety, radioactive
material transport, radioactive source safety, waste management and
disposal and radiation protection.
Among these events, those organised by the ASN were as follows:
– the second European seminar (like the first one in Paris on
5 November 2004), organised on 20 May 2005 by the ASN and the Belgian
Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC) on the safety approach to
waste disposal (see chapter 16), the aim of which is to initiate collaboration
with a view to establishing "reference levels" for geological
disposal of radioactive waste. The objective is to finalise these reference
levels by 2010, after a "pilot study" designed to validate
the feasibility of the project and define a working method;
– the NuPEER (Nuclear Pressure Equipment Expertise and Regulation)
symposium, organised by the ASN in Dijon from 22 to 24 June 2005 and
devoted to pressure vessel ageing in nuclear power plants. This symposium
attracted nearly 120 participants from the nuclear safety authorities
and expert bodies in 13 countries which possess nuclear power plants:
Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Spain,
Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, United States and United Kingdom. The
IAEA, the NEA and the European Commission also took part in the discussions.
The Director General of the ASN concluded the symposium by announcing
the creation of an international information network, which will enable
discussions on the subject to be continued and taken a stage further.
The organisation and follow-up of these events reflect the importance
the ASN attaches to the safety issues related to:
– ageing of the nuclear power plant fleet;
– radioactive waste management.
MAIN FRENCH NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY
PARTICIPATION IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES IN 2005
| 26 - 28 January |
Tokyo (Japan) |
Seminar on the effectiveness of safety inspections and management,
organised by the IAEA and the OECD/NEA |
| 8 - 11 March |
Rockville (United States) |
Regulatory Information Conference organised by the NRC |
| 25 -28 April |
Kansas City (United States) |
Conference of national radiation protection directors, organised
by the NRC |
| 10 - 12 May |
Tokyo (Japan) |
Risk-Informed Regulation, seminar organised by the Japanese
NSC |
| 19 - 20 May |
Lucerne (Switzerland) |
Task group on operating experience, organised by the
OECD/NEA |
| 20 May |
Brussels (Belgium) |
Second European seminar on "Elements of the Safety Approach related
to Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste", organised by the ASN
and the FANC. |
| 18 - 22 June |
Toronto (Canada) |
Annual Conference of the American Society of Nuclear Medicine |
| 22 - 24 June |
Dijon (France) |
NuPEER (Nuclear Pressure Equipment Expertise and Regulation)
symposium devoted to pressure vessel ageing in nuclear power plants,
organised by the ASN |
| 27 June - 1 July |
Bordeaux (France) |
Conference on the safety and security of radioactive sources,
organised by the IAEA |
| 5 - 9 September |
Vienna (Austria) |
Conference on Chernobyl ("The Chernobyl heritage: health, environmental
and socio-economic consequences) organised by the IAEA |
| 26 - 30 September |
Vienna (Austria) |
Annual UNSCEAR meeting |
| 3 - 7 October |
Tokyo (Japan) |
Conference on the safety of radioactive waste disposal, organised
by the IAEA |
| 25 - 26 October |
Stockholm (Sweden) |
Workshop on Human Resources Management in Safety and Regulation,
organised by the OECD/NEA |
30 November -
2 December |
Vienna (Austria) |
Conference on the operational safety of nuclear installations,
organised by the IAEA |
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