Anticipation and resilience: IRSN publishes a new report ten years after the...
What can be learned from the accident of Fukushima Daiichi to make nuclear facilities more robust and able to withstand extreme events and to improve post-accident management? In a report entitled...
View ArticleJean-Christophe Niel renewed as Director General of IRSN
Jean-Christophe Niel mandate at the head of IRSN was renewed for five years by the President of the French Republic by a decree of 21 April published in the Official Journal of 22 April 2021.
View ArticleChernobyl, 35 years later
35 years after the Chernobyl nuclear accident which occurred on 26th April 1986 in Ukraine, we outline the last information of the situation.
View ArticleAfter the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident : dealing with the unpredictable
The 9 magnitude earthquake on 11 march 2011 caused a huge tsunami coastal flooding. It led to the core melt of three reactors from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant and to the loss of cooling of...
View ArticleInformation memo about Small Modular Reactors (SMR)
Nuclear modular reactors of less than 300 MWe (or small modular reactors - SMRs) have sparked growing interest in the world for several years. For their promoters, they constitute a means of...
View ArticleInformation Sheet : Detection of cracks in pipes of the emergency core...
During the ten-yearly in-service inspection of reactor No. 1 of the Civaux nuclear power plant, which began on August 21, 2021, EDF performed ultrasonic testing of several welds in the emergency core...
View ArticleInformation note : Damage to pipes connected to the main primary system of...
Just what is stress corrosion?Stress corrosion Cracking (SCC) is a fairly frequent phenomenon in industry in general (excluding the nuclear industry), which is characterized by cracking in a material...
View ArticleSituation of nuclear facilities in Ukraine
Note: This information report has been published in French on February 25, 2022.In view of the situation in Ukraine, IRSN has produced an information note presenting the nuclear facilities in Ukraine...
View ArticleUpdate on the risk situation regarding Ukrainian nuclear facilities
The invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops demands careful monitoring of its nuclear installations. Ukraine has 15 Russian-designed VVER reactors in service, research reactors, storage sites for sources...
View ArticleSituation at the Chernobyl site
On 9 March at 11.22am, the Ukrainian nuclear safety authority SNRIU informed IAEA that the external power supplies of the Chernobyl plant facilities had been cut off. The site's emergency generators...
View ArticleZaporizhzhya power plant in Ukraine: Arrangements in the event of a total...
IRSN publishes a new information report providing details of the arrangements planned in the event of a total loss of external supplies at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant.
View ArticleUkraine: Report on fires in the Chernobyl exclusion zone
In a press release on 21 March 2022, the Ukrainian safety authority SNRIU indicated that forest fires had been burning in the Chernobyl exclusion zone since 11 March, mainly in the central and west...
View ArticleVisit of a delegation from the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) to...
On Wednesday, April 6, CEO Jean-Christophe Niel welcomed to Cadarache a delegation from the Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT) led by Tommi Nyman, Vice President of the Nuclear Energy Division.
View ArticleContinuation of the fruitful collaboration between IRSN and its Slovakian...
VUEZ and IRSN have been collaborating for 20 years on one aspect of long-term cooling of a nuclear reactor during an accident situation, specifically the efficiency of the sumps, the ultimate means for...
View ArticleLaunch of the "PIANOFORTE" European partnership: research and education for...
The European Partnership for Radiation Protection Research will contribute to improving the protection of the public, workers, patients and the environment from environmental, occupational and medical...
View ArticleDiscover our 2021 Annual Report
Assessing, researching, protecting, anticipating, and sharing: these are IRSN's missions at the service of public authorities and the population. Discover the main strategic directions and projects...
View ArticleIRSN is participating in the preliminary examination of safety options for...
IRSN is currently participating in the preliminary review of the safety options for the NUWARD™ project by the French (ASN), Finnish (STUK) and Czech (SUJB) safety authorities with the support of...
View ArticleCT scan procedures in children in France over the period 2012-2018 and...
In accordance with its missions in the “Code de la santé publique” (French Public Health Code), the French Institute for radiation protection and nuclear safety (IRSN) periodically analyses the...
View ArticleIRSN designated as a WHO “Collaborating Center” once again
Following a visit from a World Health Organization (WHO) delegation end of 2021, IRSN has been reappointed as a collaborating center for its fourth four-year term.
View ArticleSituation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine after the...
IRSN publishes a new information report following the shelling of August 5 and 6, 2022, at the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
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