The government assumes “a rhythmic rhythm” but defends itself from any haste.
His controversial project to transfer the Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) within the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), announced by surprise last month, arrives at the Assembly in the form of a simple amendment to the project nuclear acceleration law.
And the debate risks being all the more explosive as it comes just after the discovery of a large crack on an EDF reactor at the Penly power station (Seine-Maritime).
A problem with a security system described to AFP as "very serious" and
"beyond what is acceptable from a safety point of view"
by Karine Herviou, deputy director general of IRSN.
The objective of this reorganization:
to "streamline the review processes"
of nuclear safety at a time when the State aims both to build new reactors and to operate the existing fleet beyond fifty years, or even sixty years.
The project, whose…
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