Safety Requirements for French Reactors

We have in France some legal prescriptions in order to assume the protection of the public against the risks from the nuclear reactors. Our basic safety health standards are precisely defined, but could change if new knowledge justifies it. As for examination and authorization of nuclear reactors, legal texts are general enough to let a large place to the application by specialized Commission and Groups. Taking into account the studies and experience, we have now some requirements that I shall detail thereafter. But an evolution is always possible, and the severity depends on the context, especially on the population density. Concerning that point, we have taken till now to choose the most distant sites from, towns (1).