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	Introduction The year 2010 Nuclear Safety Authority The Commission ASN's organisation Highlights of 2010
	Nuclear activities: ionising radiation, health and evironmental risks The principles and stakeholders in nuclear safety, regulation, radiation protection and protection of the environment Regulations Regulations of nuclear activities and exposure to ionising radiation Radiological emergencies Public information and transparency International relations Regional overview of nuclear safety and radiation protection
	Medical uses of ionising radiation Non-medical uses of ionising radiation Transport of radiactive materials Nuclear power plants Nuclear fuel cycle installations Nuclear research facilities and various nuclear installations Safe decommissioning of basic nuclear installations Radiactive waste and polluted sites
	ASN's annual report 2010 PDF format Previous annual report The INES scale The ASN-SFRO scale
	Nuclear Security and Transparency Act Waste Act Commissioner's biographies

The Commission

The Commission defines ASN general policy regarding nuclear safety and radiation protection

Appointed by the president of the republique

Andre-claude Lacoste
Chairman - appointed on 8 November 2006
for a term of 6 years

Michel Bourguignon
Commissioner - appointed on 8 November 2008
for a term of 6 years

Jean-Jacques Dumont
Commissioner - appointed on 15 December 2010
for a term of 6 years

Appointed by the president of the senate

Philippe Jamet
Commissioner - appointed on 15 December 2010
for a term of 6 years

Appointed by the president of the national assembly

Marie-pierre Comets
Commissioner - appointed on 8 November 2006
for a term of 6 years

Impartiality

The commissioners perform their duties with total impartiality and receive no instructions from either the government or any other person or institution.

Independence

The commissioners perform their duties on a full-time basis. Their mandate is for six years and is not renewable.
A member may only be relieved of his or her duties if no longer capable of performing them or in the event of resignation duly confirmed by a majority of the commissioners at a meeting of the commission. The president of the republic may also relieve a member of the commission of his or her duties in the event of a serious breach of his or her obligations.

Competence

The commission takes decisions and issues opinions, published in the asn's official bulletin.

It defines asn's external relations policy, both domestically and internationally.

It defines asn's regulatory policy. The chairman appoints nuclear safety inspectors, radiation protection inspectors, conventional safety inspectors in the nuclear power plants and officers in charge of checking compliance with the requirements applicable to pressure vessels.

The commission opens an enquiry subsequent to an incident or accident. It drafts the report on nuclear safety and radiation protection in france. Its chairman presents asn’s activities to the competent commissions of the national assembly and the senate, as well as to the parliamentary office for the evaluation of scientific and technological choices.

It drafts asn internal regulations and appoints its representatives to the high committee for transparency and information on nuclear security.