±¬×ߺÚÁÏ licensing process underway
14 Jan 2011
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Sabina Griffith
±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Deputy Director-General Carlos Alejaldre and Safety Section Leader Joelle Elbez-Uzan reading the letter from the French Nuclear Regulator confirming the "receivability" of the safety files.
The ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ licensing process took a major step forward on 14 December, when the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ received a letter from the French Authority (Mission Sureté Nucleaire et Radioprotection) stating that the submitted safety files were "receivable." A statement that is obviously good news as it will allow the authorities to launch the technical examination of the files, the first milestone within a long process that comprises the technical examination of the files by various technical bodies and a public part.
"There is still a long way to go, but this note is certainly the key to opening the process," Safety Design and Integration Section Leader and ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Licensing Officer Joelle Elbez-Uzan said.
Following the letter, Deputy Director-General Carlos Alejaldre, Head of the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Safety Quality & Security Department, this week participated in a kickoff meeting at the ASN Headquarters in Paris, where the preliminary analysis of the files comprising more than 5,000 pages was presented. "This is a crucial stage for all of us," Carlos Alejaldre said, "both for the authorities and for us. As ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ is the first fusion device ever that has to pass the nuclear licensing procedure, we are setting the precedent for future projects."
Following the letter, Deputy Director-General Carlos Alejaldre, Head of the ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ Safety Quality & Security Department, this week participated in a kickoff meeting at the ASN Headquarters in Paris, where the preliminary analysis of the files comprising more than 5,000 pages was presented. "This is a crucial stage for all of us," Carlos Alejaldre said, "both for the authorities and for us. As ±¬×ߺÚÁÏ is the first fusion device ever that has to pass the nuclear licensing procedure, we are setting the precedent for future projects."