ASN Report 2017

135 ASN report on the state of nuclear safety and radiation protection in France in 2017 Chapter 04  - Regulation of nuclear activities and exposure to ionising radiation 111 in radioactive substances transport activities, 811 in activities employing ionising radiation and 100 in approved organisations and laboratories. These 1,751 inspections represent 1,845 days of actual inspection in the field. Graph 1 shows the trend in the number of inspections and inspectors between 2012 and 2017. ASN inspections programme To guarantee a distribution of the inspection resources proportionate to the safety and radiation protection implications of the various facilities and activities, ASN drafts a forecast inspections schedule every year, taking account of the inspection implications (see point 2.1). This schedule is not communicated to the licensees or to those in charge of nuclear activities. ASN monitors the performance of the programme and the follow-up given to the inspections, through periodic reviews. This enables the inspected activities to be assessed and contributes to the continuous improvement of the inspection process. TABLE 3: Breakdown of inspectors per inspection domain (as at 31st December 2017) INSPECTOR CATEGORY (QUALIFICATION DOMAIN) DEPARTMENTS DIVISIONS TOTAL Nuclear safety inspector* (BNI) of which nuclear safety inspector (transport) 130 13 103 23 233 36 Radiation protection inspector 39 104 143 Labour inspector 0 18 18 Number of inspectors all domains 152 159 311 TABLE 4: Trend in number of inspections performed from 2012 to 2017 NUMBER OF INSPECTIONS CARRIED OUT YEAR BASIC NUCLEAR INSTALLATION (BNI) PRESSURE EQUIPMENT TRANSPORT OF RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES SMALL-SCALE NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES APPROVED ORGANISATIONS AND LABORATORIES TOTAL 2017 635 94 111 811 100 1,751 2016 561 88 106 911 127 1,793 2015 591 67 98 1,003 123 1,882 2014 686 87 113 1,159 125 2,170 2013 678 86 131 1,165 131 2,191 2012 726 76 112 1,050 129 2,093 GRAPH 1: Trend in the number of ASN inspections and inspectors from 2012 to 2017 2014 2015 2017 2016 2013 2012 2,093 2,170 1,882 268 294 1,793 1,751 311 273 280 2,191 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 200 250 300 350 400 276 Inspectors Inspections Number of inspections Number of inspectors * Since 2016, the staff responsible for the inspection of nuclear pressure equipment have become nuclear safety inspectors