National Association of Commitees and …...National Association of Commitees and Commission of Information 1 A national network to discuss about transparency and nuclear safety 2

ATOMS FOR THE FUTURE – October 22nd – 25th 2012

ANCCLINational Association of Commitees and

Commission of Information

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A national network to discuss about transparency and nuclear safety

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In the context of the governance of nuclear activities,

especially in the field of the safety and the radioactive waste

management, the self-structuring of civil society is a

necessary condition of the citizens’ action.

The experience of French “Local Commissions of

Information” (CLIs) and their national federation the

(ANCCLI) represent an interesting and original

example of local actors empowerment.

Governance and transparency

ATOMS FOR THE FUTURE - October 22nd - 25th, 2012

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The first CLI was created in Fessenheim in 1977

In 1981, the act of the Prime Minister known as “Circulaire Mauroy”opened the way to the official creation of CLIs in the vicinity of nuclear

installations by Regional Councils

The 2006 Law on transparency and security in the nuclear field included provisions on the organisation, role and funding of the CLIs and

reinforced the legal basis of their missions

The TSN law confirm the existence of a national federation - ANCCLI

2012 : 38 CLIs exist in France – 36 of them are members of the ANCCLI

A progressive structuring of the civil society….

Governance and transparency


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Local Commissions of Information….(CLI)

Represent a diversity of contexts and experiences that sheds light on the issue of the contribution of local actors to safety and protection of people and the environment around nuclear sites

Facilitate dialogue of local actors with public authorities and operators

They address a variety of issues linked to the safety of the nuclearsite and its impacts

Pluralistic dialogue forums gathering various types of local actors (elected representatives, NGOs, local experts, trade unions and other local organisations)


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ANCCLINationale Association of Local Information Commissions ?

In order to fulfil their missions, the CLIs may need to exchangeinformation or to be represented at the national level, so in 2000 the ANCCLI is created to :

Favour exchanges of experience and sharing of information between CLIs

Define a representation of all the CLIs

Establish relations with national (ministries, ASN, HCTISN, IRSN…) and international organisations

Offer logistic support to the CLIs

Organise various pedagogic initiatives for the CLIs (visit of sites, formations ...)



THE CLIsLocal Commissions of Information

Before : role of information’s relay

Now : a model of monitoring to involve in decison process

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The CLIs want’s to be an autonomous actorin the field of the monitoring of nuclear facilities

The mission of information of the CLIs seems clear but is nonetheless complex or ambivalent : What is the source of the information ? What is the content of this or that piece of information? What is its use? To whom should it be diffuse?

The operator and the Nuclear Safety Authority are the first source of information of the CLIs (complemented by other sources of information)

The CLIs pay attention to a wide variety of issues: respect of the norms (composition of the discharges, temperature of the

discharged water ...) periodic inspections, environmental monitoring, discharge and take authorisations, risk factors, technical innovation (e.g. the EPR), changes in the workforce, the

equipment or the methods


Inspection with ASN

Samples of wateron piezometer

Analysis by independant laboratory

(intercomparison ASN EDF and CLI results)

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MOX authorization file

Questions and opinionsof the CLI

were given toinvestigating

commissioner

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In CLIs’ meeting

Presentation of the reports of the

operator andof the regulator

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Organization of various meeting

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Crisis exercice

Members of the CLI as observers

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Competence building and access to expertise are conditions that are essential for effective participation of society actors in the instruction of files upstream of the decisions

CLIs need to build a citizen instruction on technical files with two major purposes :

to understand the issues and feed them with questions asked by society

to effectively question the sponsors of technical files and influence the decisions

CLI, citizen instruction for an involvement in the decision process ….



THE ANCCLINational Association of the

Local Commissions of Information

Gathering pluralistic expression and citizen expertiseof the CLI for an autonomous opinion

of the civil societyin the field of the nuclear activities

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ANCLI : federating means and competencesto inform and investigate


The CLIs are primarily local organisations. Their missions of information and monitoring concern a particular facility and directed towards local populations. However, in order to fulfil their missions, the CLIs may need to exchange information or to be represented at the national level

2000 : The National Association of the CLIs is createand be made by the Presidents of the CLIs

2005 : ANCCLI structures its memberships into 4 collegescorresponding of the pluralistic categories of CLI members

2006 : in compliance with the TSN law – ANCLI becomeANCCLI

(inclusion of the Committee of information around military nuclear activities)

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ANCLI : pooling resources in order to raise and investigat issues


The ANCCLI :

Favouring competence building and access to expertise

Gathering the CLI to issues of common interest for them

Favouring access to external (private or public) expertise resources or help for the development of inner expertise capacities

Capitalises knowledge and expertise and thus strengthens the position of the CLIs.

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White papers about the role of the CLIs and ANCCLIin the governance system


In 2005, while the Law on nuclear transparency and safety was in the process of being finalised, the CLIs made the lawmaker aware of their 25-years experience and of their expectations under the form of a White Paper on local governance of nuclear sites so that is could be taken into account into the new law.

The White Papers outline shared directions for the CLIs and put forward their experience and their ambitions for the future to their institutional interlocutors.

In 2006, ANCLI issued a second White Paper on radioactive materials and waste and local communities

Both White Papers were drafted by working groups composed of members from different CLIs.

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The Scientific Committee of ANCCLI


The Scientific Committee structure the knowledge and competences of the CLIs :

The Scientific Committee can be seized by ANCCLI or by the CLIs

It gathers diversified competences concerning nuclear issues, from hydrogeology to physics, as well as social sciences or epidemiology

Advises and assists the CLIs and ANCCLI in theirexpertises and scientific investigations

Favours the development of reflections and exchanges within the CLIs and promotesconferences and debates

Plays an advisory role for the drafting of the publications of the CLIs and ANCCLI

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Permanent working groups


Working groups to takes up sensitive and topical issues which any CLI is likely to be confronted with : radioactive waste, new reactors, post-accident issues, decommissioning…

The objective of these working groups is to answer complex citizen questionings which necessitate integrating scientific, technical, social, or even ethical dimensions of the issues considered

For this, the permanent working groups acquire by themselves thenecessary competences, appropriate knowledges, initiate debates and more generally favour the development of questionings about the issue they investigate

To date, three permanent working groups were created on “radioactive waste and materials”, “Safety”, and “territories and post-accident issues”.

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Some examples of Gathering pluralistic expression


True depth reading by CLI and ANCCLI of the ECS reports - Technical dialogue organized in partnershipwith IRSN

Reviews and recommendations submitted to the ASN

Monitoring the requirements imposed to operators

In Europe: participation in the process of EuropeanStress Tests - Peer Review

SAFETY - Pluralistic approach of expression on Complementary Evaluations of Safety - ECS

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Publication of a guide (ANCCLI / IRSN / InVS) "Public Health in the vicinity of nuclear facilities : how to deal with questions»

2008 and 2012: Information on childhood leukemia

2009: seminar with IRSN on the environmental monitoring at the territorial level

14-15 November 2012 in connection with the IRSN, seminar on Environment and Health : allow the CLI to appropriate environmental issues and health and giving them the tools to launch studies, encourage questions ...

Environnement and HealthCLIs build general knowledge and own reflexion with a long terme vision

Santé publique à proximité des installations nucléaires : Comment aborder les questions posées

Janvier 2012

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Creating a WG "Post-Accident » where CLI and ANCCLI sharing their questioning on urbanization, crisis, urgencyplan, risk synergy nuclear / chemical ...

ANCCLI and IRSN develop a awareness tool on post-accident issues for Local Actors : helping themto take ownership of the consequences of a radiologicalaccident

Participation in the CODIRPA (ASN) – (Management Steering Committee on Post-Accidental situation)

Post AccidentAwareness of the consequences of a radiological accident

CODIR-PA : présentation de deux scénarios d’accident affectant une centrale nucléaire française DEI/SARG/07-026 DEI/SESUC/07-53

DIRECTION DE L’ENVIRONNEMENT ET DE L’INTERVENTION Service d'analyse des risques liés à la géosphère Service des situations d’urgence et d’organisation de crise

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Essential partnership based on reciprocal trust


ASN

Regular meetingswith the ASN

Annual meeting with the Chairman and Commissioners

of the ASN

Presence in many WG and EWG : PNGMDR, CODIRPA, radiation, iodine, tritium, FSOH,

urbanization, GPRAD, ...

ANCCLI co-organizer withASN of the

National Conference of CLI

IRSN

Monitoring CommitteeANCCLI / IRSN since 2005

Many events organized together(ECS, HAVL, Childhood leukemia...)

Promote technical dialogue

Support for dietary surveysconducted in partnership with the CLI

Provision of CLI the opinions, knowledge, assessments ...

provided by IRSN

HCTISN

ANCCLI is a member of HCTISN

Participation in plenary sessions and working groups of the HCTISN

Partnerships approach ACN (Aarhus Convention), ECS and more recently on the

HAVL file

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Information and communication


Site visits

Conferences

Trainings for CLI members

Newsletter

Website

Press release

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CLI and ANCCLI a recognized participatory governance model in Europe

Since 2009, the ANCCLI initiate a European process of consultation and cooperation around the application of the Aarhus Convention (CAN) in the field of the nuclear activity

The experience of European Stress Tests on Nuclear Safety has demonstrated the relevance of the contribution of civil society to continuous improvement and strengthening of the safety nuclear installations

A statement echoed by many European NGOs involved in daily monitoring of european nuclear activities which emphasize the specificity of participatory governance model provided by the CLI and ANCCLI in France

In this perspective, ANCCLI initiate an opening consultation for structuring an European civil society organization to

enhance the transparency of nuclear activities Nuclear Transparency Watch - NTW

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CONCLUSIONS


The CLI and ANCCLI respect the pluralism of their members and their opinions

Relay of the questions of CLIsRelay of the information

Building a capacity of expertise of the civil society

Facilitate the growing citizen competence

Ensure in the future that this mutual trust could also be effectivewith the operators

Mutual trust engaged in life with partners

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www.anccli.fr

Thank’s for your attention

www.anccli.fr

@anccli

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