Question 21986 — waste

Summary

Mr. Bruno Fuchs questions the Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition on the need for the reports produced by the National Agency for the Management of Radioactive Waste (ANDRA) to be better supervised. The role of this agency consists of the management of French radioactive waste, but also the protection of citizens' health. However, a study carried out in Orano-Malvesi in 2006 by the Commission for Research and independent information on radioactivity (CRIIRAD) highlights certain flaws in the protocol used by the agency. This indicates that sludge collected in front of the home of a resident of the site contains several radionuclides, such as thorium 230, which is very toxic by inhalation, radium 226, which decomposes into radon, a radioactive gas which can cause lung cancer, as well as americium 241, a descendant of plutonium. However, these radionuclides had never been mentioned in the inventories previously carried out by the National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management (ANDRA). As nuclear residues are dispersed up to two kilometers away from the Orano-Malvesi nuclear waste processing site, it appears that a generalized inspection of the surrounding towns, taking into account the derivatives of certain radioactive products are necessary. It is ANDRA's responsibility to provide citizens living near nuclear sites with the necessary information on the health risks to which they are subject. He questions him on the possibility of extending and strengthening the control and evaluation criteria used by the National Agency for the Management of Radioactive Waste (ANDRA) concerning the harmfulness of the products of local nuclear activity, in order to cover all existing risks.

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