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    The commission which came on to being on the 13th Novembre 2006 presents ASN report on nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2006. This report is required by article 7 of law 2006-686 of 13 June 2006 concerning nuclear transparency and safety. more...  


Annual report 2006

1. Annual report 2006: Chapter 09 - Medical uses of ionising radiation
... nuclear fuel cycle reactor shutdown disposal international relations COGEMA La Hague experts radiotherapy MDEP radioactive waste management Inspections decommissioning radioactive sources Home page In ..., in order to check compliance with the safety requirements applicable to radiotherapy installations. In addition to its own supervisory duties and the ... (AFSSAPS). The ASN report on improving the safety of radiotherapy treatment, requested by the Minister for Health and Solidarity, ... was however deeply affected in 2006 by ASN declaration of several serious radiotherapy accidents, involving a number of deaths or requiring extensive interventional ..., reactor shutdown, disposal, COGEMA La Hague, experts, radiotherapy, inspections, decommissioning...
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2. Annual report 2006: Chapter 04 - Regulation of Nuclear activities and exposure to ionising radiation
... safety review NPP public information final shutdown discharges EPR nuclear installations responsabilities risks radon norm ASN environment transparency nuclear fuel cycle reactor shutdown disposal international relations COGEMA La Hague experts radiotherapy MDEP radioactive waste management Inspections decommissioning radioactive sources Home page ASN regulation of nuclear activities is designed to check that all users of ionising radiation fully assume their responsibilities ... discharges, EPR, nuclear installations, responsabilities, risks, radon, norm, nuclear fuel cycle, reactor shutdown, disposal, COGEMA La Hague, experts, radiotherapy,i nspections, decommissioning...
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3. Annual report 2006: Cancer radiotherapy a justified practice but one that demands considerable stringency on the part of the operators and vigilant supervision by ASN
... It should also be noted that most radiotherapy departments in France are under-staffed. In some departments therefore, radiotherapy is carried out by personnel who are ... helping to ensure the safe use of radiotherapy. After the Lyon accident in April 2006, ASN issued to radiotherapy professionals a new circular to increase their ... how they run their departments; sent radiotherapy professionals, for application, a draft guide on declaration to ASN of all radiotherapy events, even those with no health ... Cancer Institute have asked the French oncological radiotherapy society (SFRO) to draft a tumour radiotherapy guide dealing with external irradiation techniques and...
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4. Annual report 2006: Foreword by André-Claude LACOSTE
... disposal international relations COGEMA La Hague experts radiotherapy MDEP radioactive waste management Inspections decommissioning radioactive ... by the declaration of a number of radiotherapy accidents. Given the benefits expected from radiotherapy treatment by the patient suffering from cancer ... and associations. However, overexposure of radiotherapy patients in hospitals in Epinal and Lyon ... to implementing good practices. Unfortunately the radiotherapy accidents declared over the past two years ... in the event of an accident, radiotherapy will remain Asns main priority for regulation ... an action plan for the safety of radiotherapy patients. ASN is also pursuing a ... in Dakar and Abidjan and to the radiotherapy accident in Epinal. IRSN also contributed...
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