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France’s Council of State opinion on a Bill relating to governance of nuclear safety in relaunching the nuclear sector

 “the Council of State considers it unnecessary to provide, as the bill does, that the powers of the future authority do not extend to nuclear installations and activities of interest to defense”,”

 “the bill modifies the rules currently applicable to ASN staff, in particular so that the ASNR can employ employees under private law,………  including 140 who will be automatically made available. of the Ministry of Defense for missions concerning it”

The Government has decided to make public
the opinion of the Council of State relating to the organization of the
governance of nuclear safety and radiation protection to meet the challenge
of relaunching the nuclear sector.

This bill, which includes twenty-two
articles, is organized into two titles respectively entitled “Nuclear
Safety and Radiation Protection Authority” and “Adaptation of the rules
of public procurement to nuclear projects” corresponding to its two
objects, which are distinct.

Title I includes provisions relating to the
missions and operation of the new independent administrative authority
(AAI) created by the bill, called the Nuclear Safety and Radiation
Protection Authority (ASNR) and resulting from the merger of the current
Nuclear Safety Authority. Nuclear Safety (ASN), which is an AAI, and the
Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), which is a
public industrial and commercial establishment of the State (EPIC). This
title also includes provisions relating to the statutes and representation
of staff of the new authority and transitional provisions, particularly
concerning employees currently employed by the IRSN.

 Council of State 22nd Dec 2023

https://www.conseil-etat.fr/avis-consultatifs/derniers-avis-rendus/au-gouvernement/avis-sur-un-projet-de-loi-relatif-a-l-organisation-de-la-gouvernance-de-la-surete-nucleaire-et-de-la-radioprotection-pour-repondre-au-defi-de-la-re

December 30, 2023 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | France, politics, safety