Tag: ASN
by buying back its flagship ASN, France is repairing a “strategic error”
Alcatel Submarine Networks is one of the few companies in the world manufacturing submarine telecommunications cables, vital infrastructure for global connectivity. 5 mins This week, the French Minister of Economy…
This new delay which weighs down the green light from the ASN – L’Express
For the Flamanville EPR, there is good news and bad news: EDF announced on Monday, September 2, that it would be necessary to wait three more months to see its…
Before the legislative elections, the State invests in ASN submarine cables – L’Express
A few days before the first round of legislative elections, the French state is ratifying its policy of securing strategic assets. It has just acquired 80% of Alcatel Submarine Networks…
the National Assembly narrowly adopts the merger between ASN and IRSN – L’Express
This time, the text is passed. A year after rejecting it, the National Assembly approved this Tuesday March 19 by one vote the merger of the two players in nuclear…
ASN and IRSN merger debate: “The safety authority is essential for the relaunch” of nuclear power
This Tuesday, March 12 at the National Assembly, the majority deputies opened the way for a merger between the Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN) and the Institute of Radiation Protection and…
the merger between ASN and IRSN, an episode which risks leaving traces – L’Express
They finally said yes. By 206 votes to 117, the deputies validated Tuesday evening March 12, a few weeks after the senators, the principle of a merger between the ASN,…
Nuclear: why ASN authorized the extension of a reactor beyond 40 years
This is a first for a reactor over 40 years old in the French nuclear fleet. The nuclear safety authority (ASN) has issued a positive opinion to EDF to extend…
Nuclear, a French bankruptcy: the merger between ASN and IRSN, a missed opportunity
It took a war at the gates of Europe for the question of France’s sovereignty and energy independence to once again become a priority subject. So that France finally stops…