The French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) has welcomed, for once, the implementation of Euratom directives on radiation protection and safety. Pierre-Franck Chevet, who heads the authority, highlighted the harmonisation under way at his first press conference of the year.
"Significant advances have been achieved on handling emergency situations. A position by all European nuclear safety authorities introduces new concepts," said the former official of the French Ecology Ministry's Directorate-General for Energy and Climate. On actions for the immediate protection of…