INES scale : French application to radioactive material transport

Year

2004

Author(s)

Séverine SOWINSKI - Direction générale de la sûreté nucléaire et de la radioprotection

Sophie STRAWA - Direction générale de la sûreté nucléaire et de la radioprotection

Jacques AGUILAR - Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nucléaire et de la Radioprotection

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Abstract

After getting the control of radioactive material transport in June 1997, the French safety Authority (ASN) decided to apply the INES scale to transport events. DGSNR (Directorate General for Nuclear Safety and Radioprotection) requests that radioactive material package consignors declare any event occurring during transportation, and has introduced the use of the INES scale adapted to classify transport events in order to inform the public and to have feedback. This paper deals with DGSNR’s feedback during the past seven years concerning the french application of the INES scale. Significant events that occurred during transportation are presented. The French experience was used by IAEA to develop a draft guide in 2002 and IAEA asked countries to use a new draft for a trial period in July 2004.