Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority (ASNR)

The Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Authority (ASNR) created by the law on the organisation of the governance of nuclear safety and radiation protection of 21 May 2024 came into operation on 1st January 2025. It is the result of the merger of the Autorité de sûreté nucléaire (ASN) and the Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire (IRSN). As an independent administrative authority, the ASNR now oversees civil nuclear activities in France on behalf of the State. It also carries out research, expert appraisal, training and public information missions in the fields of nuclear safety and radiation protection. Read more

IRSN’s Strategic Messages for the Next EURATOM Research and Training programme under FP10

  • Research

16/12/2024
Logo ICRER
Launch of the 6th ICRER conference

  • Environment

22/11/2024
DSO-MoU 2024-10-22
IRSN and DSO national laboratories strengthen their collaboration in nuclear safety and crisis management

  • Institutional

28/10/2024

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  • Corporate ETSON

    The main mission of technical safety organizations (TSOs) is to assess the safety of nuclear installations and radiological risks on a scientific basis

  • PIANOFORTE partnership

    Partnership for improving the protection of man and the environment following exposure to ionising radiation

  • The Maison Irène et Frédéric Joliot-Curie

    The creation of the Maison Irène et Frédéric Joliot-Curie is part of the action plan of the Ministry of Higher Education and Research to strengthen the presence and participation of French science in the European Commission, the European Parliament and the political, economic and social players in Brussels