Tag: IRSN
“The risk approaches of ASN and IRSN cannot coexist within the same institution”
Dince March 11, the National Assembly has been deliberating on the nuclear safety governance reform bill. The suspense lasts until the end, after a first rejection of the project by…
Nuclear safety: the National Assembly paves the way for the merger between ASN and IRSN
The National Assembly opened the way on Tuesday evening for the controversial merger between the ASN, the nuclear watchdog, and the IRSN, the technical expert, by voting on the central…
IRSN employees back on the streets
Several hundred employees of IRSN, the nuclear safety expert in France, demonstrated again on Thursday in Paris to denounce a bill enacting the dismantling of their institute on which the…
“The merger of the ASN with the IRSN will cause a loss of diversity and therefore triangulation in risk analysis”
Lth bill “relating to the organization of the governance of nuclear safety and radiation protection to meet the challenge of relaunching the nuclear sector”which will be discussed in the Senate…
Nuclear safety “too picky”? IRSN responds to the Assembly
The French nuclear safety expert, IRSN, at the heart of a controversial reform project, defended its work on Wednesday, carried out “on scientific and technical bases”, in the face of…
Nuclear safety: the government defeated in the Assembly, reprieve for the IRSN
The Golfech nuclear power plant in southwestern France, February 9, 2023 (AFP / Matthieu RONDEL) Setback for the government: the National Assembly rejected on Wednesday at first reading the controversial…
3rd strike notice on March 13 against the disappearance of IRSN
Employees of the Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN), which issues independent scientific advice on the state of power plants, will be on strike on March 13, for…
Nuclear: strike action this Tuesday against the planned disappearance of IRSN
By Le Figaro with AFP Published on 02/22/2023 at 11:38 , Update yesterday at 07:44 IRSN employs 1,725 people, including many engineers, technicians and researchers. martin33 / stock.adobe.com In full…
the government announces four projects for the controversial reform of the IRSN
The government announced on Thursday the launch of four working groups which will work on the express and controversial project to transfer IRSN, watchdog and radiological risk expert in France,…
Nuclear safety reform: the IRSN Board of Directors votes on a motion of alert
By Le Figaro with AFP Published yesterday at 11:51 , Update yesterday at 12:04 “The board of directors alerts the government and calls for vigilance on the risk of departures…