1. Nuclear safety and safety analysis of a nuclear facility
In France, the official definition is given in Article L591-1 of the Environment Code, which reads as follows: "Nuclear safety is the set of technical and organizational measures relating to the design, construction, shutdown and decommissioning of basic nuclear installations, as well as to the transport of radioactive substances, taken with a view to preventing accidents or limiting their effects". In a broader sense, this includes the technical and organizational measures taken to ensure normal operation of installations without excessive release of radioactive effluents (gaseous and liquid) and without excessive exposure of workers to ionizing radiation, including during maintenance, inspection or repair operations.
Of course, it is the operator of a basic nuclear facility who is primarily responsible for its safety; in fact, it is he – and he alone – who is...
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Bibliography
Websites
International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) http://www.icrp.org
Legifrance, public service for the dissemination of law via the Internet http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr
Regulations
Directive n° 2009/71/Euratom of June 25, 2009, establishing a Community framework for the nuclear safety of nuclear installations.
Directive No. 2014/87/Euratom of July 8, 2014, establishing a Community framework for the nuclear safety of nuclear installations.
Law no. 2006-686 of June 13, 2006 on nuclear transparency and safety.
Decree no. 2007-1557...
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