Key Benefits:
Prime Minister,
On the report of the Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry and the Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development,
Seen the Environmental Code ;
Given the code of public health;
Given the Labour Code;
Due to the amended Act No. 61-842 of 2 August 1961 on the control of atmospheric pollution and odours;
In light of Decree No. 63-1228 of 11 December 1963, as amended Relating to nuclear installations, and in particular Article 6b thereof;
In view of the Decree of 8 October 1965 authorising the installation by the Office of the Atomic Energy Commission of an electron accelerator at the Saclay nuclear studies centre;
In light of the amended Decree No. 75-306 of 28 April 1975 on the protection of workers against the dangers of ionising radiation in basic nuclear installations;
In view of Decree No. 77-1141 of 12 October 1977, as amended Article 2 of Law No. 76-629 of 10 July 1976 on the protection of nature;
In view of the decree of the Minister for Industrial redeployment and external trade of 10 August 1984 on the quality of design, construction and The operation of the basic nuclear installations;
In view of the decree of the Ministers of the Economy, Finance and Industry and of the Spatial Planning and the Environment of 31 December 1999 laying down general technical regulations To prevent and limit nuisance and external risks arising from the operation of basic nuclear facilities;
Given the request made by the Office of the Atomic Energy Commissioner on May 30, 2002, and the file attached to this Request;
In view of the opinion issued by the inter-ministerial committee on basic nuclear facilities at its meeting on April 25, 2003;
In view of the assent of the Minister of Health dated September 22, 2003,
Describes:
The provisions relating to the operations for the definitive cessation and dismantling of the ALS accelerator located in the commune of Saint-Aubin, in Essonne, provided for in the documents listed below :
-the document justifying the state chosen for the installation after its final stop and its dismantling;
-the safety report applicable to the final decommissioning and decommissioning operations and the provisions permitting To ensure the safety of the installation;
-the general rules for monitoring and maintenance to ensure a satisfactory level of security,
submitted, in accordance with Article 6 ter of the aforementioned Decree of 11 December 1963, in support of The aforementioned letter from the Office of the Atomic Energy Commissioner are approved subject to the specific conditions prescribed by this Order.
The site's internal emergency plan is not affected by these operations, it is updated Independently taking into account the decommissioning of the basic nuclear facility.
The Office of the Atomic Energy Commission, in its capacity as the operator of the basic nuclear facility referred to in Article 1, shall comply with all the obligations laid down in the Decree of 11 December 1963. And by the Decree of 31 December 1999 referred to above, to the general technical requirements referred to in Article 3, as well as to the other laws and regulations in force, in particular with regard to:
-the application of labour law ;
-environmental protection;
-waste management;
-technology risk prevention;
-radiation protection.
The operator will comply with the following general technical requirements:
3.1. Pre-Shutdown and Decommissioning
Operations Obligations
Prior to opening a worksite for the final shutdown and dismantling operations, the operator:
- Define the intervention perimeters, the circulations of personnel, equipment and waste as well as the arrangements made to avoid possible transfers of contamination from the site area to the areas not affected by the Decommissioning and Decommissioning Operations;
-will prepare procedures and operating procedures for the decommissioning and decommissioning operations.
3.2. Modifying the
shutdown and decommissioning operations
The final shutdown and dismantling of the base nuclear facility n ° 43 known as the ALS accelerator will be carried out Under the conditions set out in the documents referred to in Article 1.
The Director General of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection shall be notified of any changes resulting in an update of those documents
Subject to the prior approval of the Director General of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection:
(a) The modifications, even temporary, of the decommissioning and decommissioning operations which would require a re-evaluation of Global security;
(b) The amendments, even temporary, that would lead to the failure to comply with the technical requirements of the Director General of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection to specify those laid down by the present Item 3.
3.3. Control of systems participating in safety
The proper functioning of the various systems or apparatus involved in the safety of the installation during the operations of the final stop and the dismantling of The ESL accelerator shall be controlled in accordance with the regulations in force and according to a frequency specified in the general operating rules, and after any intervention on such equipment. In particular, the proper functioning of radiation detection, safety and driving devices will be subject to regular monitoring and maintenance operations in order to provide reliable indications for detecting developments Important parameters for security and for ensuring the safe maintenance of facilities. The relevant documents will be archived and made available to inspectors of the basic nuclear facilities.
3.4. Quality of the facility
In application of the aforementioned August 10, 1984 order, the operator will ensure that the elements of the modified installation are of an appropriate quality by the implementation of a controlled set Planned and systematic actions, based on written and archived procedures.
The operator shall carry out a census, classification and archiving of all documents relating to the operations covered by this Decree (in particular Description and balance sheet of the operations carried out, the radiological state achieved). It will ensure that this archive is maintained.
3.5. Confinement and Protection Against the Risk
of Release of Radioactive Substances
The installation will be monitored in such a way that all applicable rules on protection against Release of radioactive substances inside the facility and in its environment.
The report of this monitoring will be sent annually to the Director General of Nuclear Safety and Radiation
. Significant alarms for security will be carried forward to premises where there is a permanent duty. In installations, in known locations of the intervention services, detailed information will be used to locate the detected event and act effectively.
3.6. Protection of Workers and the Public
against Exposure to Ionizing Radiation
Restricted areas will be restricted within the facility under the conditions set out in R. 231-81 of the Work.
In compliance with the current regulations on the limitation of annual doses that may be received by workers and the public, appropriate measures will be taken to ensure that individual effective doses and Workers and the public remain as weak as reasonably possible. Passive dosimetry surveys should be integrated into the annual safety record of the facility.
After the final shutdown and decommissioning operations are completed, the operator will forward to the Director General Nuclear Safety A radiological assessment covering the period of decommissioning and decommissioning operations.
3.7. Waste Management
The operator will endeavour to reduce the volume of waste generated during the decommissioning and decommissioning operations and optimise their management by ensuring that they are valued or treated Whenever possible, the final storage to be reserved for the final waste.
Without prejudice to the application of the public health code, the waste resulting from the abovementioned operations will be sorted by nature and by Category of chemical or radioactive nuisance in order to facilitate their processing, reuse or recycling, packaging and subsequent storage in licensed centres.
The operator will take all measures To minimize the number of packaging containing waste that will be transiently located in the facility awaiting evacuation. All wastes (existing ones and those produced during dismantling) shall be removed from the Merisier Orme site no later than six months after the dismantling work has been completed.
For storage purposes Outside concrete blocks which cannot be considered as conventional waste, and pending their evacuation, a quarterly radiological monitoring of these blocks and their immediate environment shall be carried out. Specific radiation protection measures will be taken on the basis of the results of this monitoring, which will be archived and made available to the inspectors of the basic nuclear
. Waste generated during the final shutdown and decommissioning phases. It will track waste based on written and archived material, from production to final disposal at licensed facilities.
The inventory of waste generated will be maintained as it becomes available. The progress of the decommissioning and decommissioning operations, in particular as regards the quantities produced, the radiological characteristics and the origin of the waste. This data shall be included in the annual safety record of the facility, which shall show in particular the achievements for the past year and the forecasts for the following year.
At the end of the final stop operations and Dismantling, the operator shall transmit to the Director General Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection an assessment of the waste, radioactive and non-radioactive, produced during the said operations, in which their nature will be specified Physicochemical, their volume, their activity, the associated radiological spectrum and their fate.
3.8. Fire Protection
Provisions will be made to reduce the risks and consequences of fires of internal origin at the facility, to allow their detection, to prevent their spread and to ensure their Extinction.
During the final shutdown and dismantling phases, escape routes will have to be fully defined and cleared. They must have been brought to the attention of all the agents present on the installation. Security exercises will be conducted on a regular basis, at least annually, and the reporting of such exercises will be made available to inspectors at the core nuclear facilities.
3.9. Protection from Environmental Assault
Arrangements will be made to ensure adequate containment of radioactive substances, taking into account all plausible circumstances that may result from the Normal or accidental operation of adjacent facilities or transportation in the vicinity of the facility, including dynamic effects and projectiles capable of reaching the facility.
The operator will be informed of All environmental modification projects in relation to the description of the file attached to the application for authorisation referred to above, having or may have consequences for compliance with the provisions of this Decree or on the safety of The facility, and will submit a file to the Director General of Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection outlining the consequences of the proposed amendment, taking into account normal or foreseeable circumstances.
3.10. Staff training
Without prejudice to the provisions of Articles R. 231-89 and R. 231-90 of the Labour Code, the personnel who will be assigned to the final decommissioning and decommissioning operations shall have the Professional skills and specific training in nuclear safety and radiation protection normally required.
3.11. Transport of radioactive substances
The shipments of radioactive substances will be subjected to radioactivity controls upon receipt and prior to shipment outside the facility.
The operator shall submit to the Director General Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection, within six months of the completion of the operation, and no later than five years from the date of the Publication of this Decree, a report presenting on the one hand the return of experience of these operations (highlights, incidents, collective and individual doses associated with the various phases of the final judgment and of the Dismantling, balance sheet on the waste produced ...), on the other hand the elements showing the realization of the final state sought for the installation after dismantling. This file will be transmitted to the prefecture of Essonne and to the town hall of Saint-Aubin, where it will be available.
After the end of the final shutdown and dismantling operations, the installation can be removed from the list of installations Basic nuclear power by decision of the ministers responsible for industry and the environment. The approval by these ministers of the balance sheets referred to in Articles 3.6 and 3.7 and the detailed account referred to in this Article shall be a necessary prerequisite for this decision.
Without prejudice to the application of the regulations in force, any accident or incident, whether nuclear or non-nuclear, having had or at risk of having significant consequences for the safety of the installation authorised by the Shall be declared without delay to the Ministers responsible for the environment, industry and health.
Advertising of the impact statement provided for in the decree of 12 October 1977 shall be provided before the work is carried out and as soon as this Decree is published. The impact study will be available to the Directorate-General for Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection, the regional management of research, industry and the environment of Ile-de-France, the prefecture of Essonne, and the town hall of Saint-Aubin.
The Minister of Economy, Finance and Industry, the Minister of Ecology and Sustainable Development and the Minister responsible for industry are responsible for the implementation of the This Decree shall be published in the Official Gazette of the French Republic.
Done at Paris, January 12, 2004.
Jean-Pierre Raffarin
By the Prime Minister:
The Minister delegated to Industry,
Nicole Fontaine
Minister of Economy,
Finance and Industry,
Francis Mer
Minister of Ecology
and Sustainable Development,
Roselyne Bachelot-Narquin
