ASN preliminarily ranks the event at the nuclear power plant of Cattenom (Moselle) at level 1 on the international INES scale
According to preliminary information available to ASN, the origin of the event that occurred at the reactor n°1 of the Cattenom NPP (Moselle) was...
End of the incident at nuclear power plant of Cattenom (Moselle)
The incident which affected reactor No. 1 at Cattenom nuclear power plant (Moselle) has been terminated. The reactor is shut down and being cooled...
Inadvertent opening of a steam valve on Cattenom NPP reactor 1: ASN activated its emergency organisation and conducted a reactive inspection on the site
Enlarge the visualOn 28th May 2015, reactor 1 in the Cattenom NPP was kept at a nuclear power close of 2% of its...
EPR Information Letter No.17: ASN monitoring of the Flamanville EPR reactor construction site: notable points.
ASN continued its monitoring of the Flamanville 3 EPR reactor and the various manufacturing operations for this reactor. The notable points observed over these...
Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) met Pierre-Franck Chevet, Chairman of ASN
During his visit to France, Yukiya Amano, the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), met the ASN Chairman, Pierre-Franck Chevet, on...
ASN considers that the Flamanville 3 EPR commissioning authorisation application file submitted by EDF needs to be supplemented
ASN received the commissioning authorisation application1 and the partial commissioning authorisation application for the Flamanville 3 reactor submitted by EDF. Article L. 593-11 of...
ASN has identified no generic elements liable to compromise EDF’s capability to satisfactorily control the safety of its 1300 MWe reactors up to their...
In a letter from its Chairman, Pierre-Franck Chevet, dated 20th March 2015, ASN informed EDF that it has not at this stage identified any...
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