
I. Technical Dialogue and Human Factors
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under 30 in 1980 to more than one hundred in 1990 …, the number of yearly
inspections increased from nearly 200 in 1980 to nearly 500 in the early
1990s.”
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The scope of its activity grew when it was put in charge of regulating
radiological protection in 2002. The power it seemed capable of wielding over
the electrical utility EDF also grew. For example, in an unprecedented media
coup, it placed the Dampierre site under close surveillance in 2000. Lastly, its
international clout grew when, under the impetus of its chairman André-Claude
Lacoste, it created the Western European Nuclear Regulators’ ...