Measures for the reinforcement of the French nuclear fleet, ten years after Fukushima. Report by the negaWatt institute for Greenpeace France + Press file

Whereas it appears that, ten years after the Fukushima accident, the implementation of the ambitious programme of integration of this return on experience with the safety re-assessment of French nuclear installations is considerably delayed, this note, after a brief recall of the steps of elaboration of reinforcement needs, of their integration in regulatory processes, and an assessment of the main concepts, principles and objectives, reports a critical assessment of measures which have been already applied, and of those which are still to be applied. More precisely, it addresses the main steps (additional safety assessments or ECS, their conclusions, their translation into prescriptions), the various constraints and stakes (compliance with delays, articulation with operation extension, compliance stakes), how main concepts have been addressed (FARN or nuclear rapid-reaction force, concept of hard core). It gives an overview of the situation for the different measures, and finally discusses the noticed and provisional assessment of the measure implementation, the progress of studies, and delays. A press file proposes a synthetic version of the report