
Chapter 3. Contribution to the Minotaure
Safety Review
“Mistrust is the mother of safety.”
Jean de Lafontaine
In early 2000 the ASN sent a first clear-cut and definite signal in a letter
announcing a safety review at the Minotaure facility (cf. Sidebar 4). The letter,
dated February 16, was addressed to the licensee and stated that in order to be
able to renovate Minotaure so that it could continue operating, the CEA would
have to perform a safety reassessment. The letter also included a list of
documents
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that would have to be sent to the ANS. Once the necessary
documents were sent to the ASN, the IRSN’s experts would have to organize ...