Overall assessment of safety at basic nuclear installations other than...
IRSN publishes the lessons learned from its analysis of significant events which have occurred in 2015 and 2016 at 85 civil basic nuclear installations (INBs) other than nuclear power plants (NPPs) in...
View ArticleHealth consequences of low-dose radiation exposure in the context of a...
The epidemiological study EPICE provides well-documented answers regarding non-cancerous radiation-induced effects. This study does not observe an association between cardiac arrhythmia and...
View ArticleNuclear safety: successful test in the CABRI experimental reactor for the CIP...
On 16 April 2018, IRSN and the CEA successfully completed a first test simulating an accident situation in the Cabri reactor at Cadarache as part of an experimental programme. This experiment was...
View ArticleVice Admiral Louis-Michel GUILLAUME appointed Deputy Director-General in...
Louis-Michel GUILLAUME was appointed by decree Deputy-Director General in charge of defence-related missions of the Institute of Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN).
View ArticleMetroRadon: an European project to improve radon measurement in Europe
The MetroRadon research project, which brings together fifteen European partners, including IRSN, is in line with the new requirements on radon under Council Directive.
View ArticleRadioactive waste management: convergence between European players will...
SITEX_Network brings together TSO from eight countries, a safety authority, and five organizations from civil society, and is keen to respond to the call for applications for the joint research...
View ArticleIRSN contributes to three new NEA projects to prepare the decommissioning of...
The three new research projects launched by Japan will be conducted under the auspices of the OECD's Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). Along with its NEA peers, IRSN will share its tools and methods on...
View ArticleAktis 16th issue is available
In this new issue of Aktis in English, you will find a focus on research for better prediction of the fate of radionuclides in the marine environment.
View ArticleResearch: IRSN coordinate SAMHYCO-NET, an international project to improve...
The project goal is to prevent the risk of explosion or ignition of combustible gases produced during a nuclear reactor core meltdown accident, as demonstrated by the accident at Fukushima Daiichi NPP.
View ArticleResearch: IRSN developed P²REMICS, a new software for assessing the risk of...
The first version of the software simulates the formation of the explosive atmosphere, then the deflagration of the reactive mixture of hydrogen and oxygen. This type of event represents a major risk...
View ArticleNuclear security: IRSN and the French-German Research Institute of...
Working together will enable the two partners to pool their expertise in explosives science, obtain new experimental data, expand their knowledge and increase their international profile. IRSN aims to...
View ArticleAktis 17th issue is available
In this new issue of Aktis in English, you will find a focus on simulating the early effects of alpha or proton radiation on DNA.
View ArticlePatrice Bueso is appointed Director of Strategy, Development and Partnerships...
Patrice Bueso is appointed Director of Strategy, Development and Partnerships of the Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN). He took office on 15 September, 2018.
View ArticleNuclear safety: IRSN renews a 10 years cooperation agreement with the Russian...
The Russian federal budgetary unstitution SEC NRS (Scientific and Engineering Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Safety) and IRSN signed a Framework cooperation agreement in the field of nuclear safety...
View ArticleHealth: IRSN designated as a WHO “Collaborating Centre” once again
The World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations institution specialized in public health, draw on the expertise of IRSN in radiological or nuclear emergency situations since 2010.
View ArticleStudy on the implementation of linear accelerators coupled with a nuclear...
The French Nuclear Safety Authority requested IRSN to provide a state of the art for new radiation therapy devices coupling a linear electron accelerator to a magnetic resonance imaging system (MR-linac).
View ArticleGlovebox fire: first results for IRSN research program
Used in various facilities in the nuclear fuel cycle, a glovebox is sensitive equipment. A fire can result in the loss of containment and the release of radioactive material into the environment. This...
View ArticleMarie-France Bellin is appointed Chair of the Board of Directors at IRSN
Recommended by Agnès Buzyn, Minister of Solidarity and Health, and further to a resolution issued by the Council of Ministers held the 21st of November 2018, Marie-France Bellin, MD, PhD, Professor of...
View ArticleNon-proliferation: France offers its contribution to the OPCW’s mentoring...
Through IRSN, France will expand its support to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on non-proliferation. The services offered under the Mentoring Program are intended...
View ArticleSafety: see you for the ICNC in Paris on September 2019
Organized by IRSN under the auspices of the NEA of OECD, the 11th edition of the International Conference on Nuclear Criticality safety (ICNC) will be held at the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie...
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