Deploy event analysis training that incorporates "human factors"
 Strengthen knowledge of safety regulations in countries in which AREVA does business.

Some carried out actions 

 High level of safety and transparency
The management and prevention of technological risks is a top priority for AREVA and is part of the cultural heritage of the group's subsidiaries. This was reaffirmed in 2005 with the publication of the Nuclear Safety Charter, which is helping to standardize practices and pool knowledge.

The group is also solidly committed to transparency. AREVA publishes its inspection reports, describing the status of safety in its nuclear facilities, carried out by in-house inspectors and independent inspectors from national safety authorities.

The 2006 edition presents a generally satisfactory situation, although 3 performance improvement goals were identified in the fields of:  
 performance measurement
 safety culture awareness
 in-depth events analysis.

 Methodical analysis of safety aspects
Maintaining the group's safety culture is essential to improve performance. Each safety incident is subjected to in-depth technical analysis. In the past few years, human factors were responsible for 2 out of 3 incidents. To remedy this situation, training in the analysis of events and "near events" was deployed in 2007.

In addition, the group carries out prevention actions to identify and assess risks:
 hazard studies are regularly conducted and updated at all nuclear sites and environmentally-regulated facilities
 at the end of 2006, 87% of all other sites with significant environmental aspects had organized simplified environmental risk assessments (SRA). The sites are therefore able to assess the relevance and reliability of their prevention and protection systems.

AREVA includes health aspects in its risk and impact assessments. By the end of 2006, 80% of all AREVA NC sites had assessed their health hazards. This activity is currently being deployed throughout AREVA NP and AREVA T&D (20% of all sites).

 The INES scale
The International Nuclear Event Scale has been used internationally since 1991. It was designed to facilitate media and public perceptions of the relative importance of incidents and accidents at nuclear facilities and during the shipment of radioactive materials.

A figure 

  In 2006, 86 incidents were reported to the French safety authority: 75 at level 0 ("deviation"), 10 at level 1 ("anomaly"), and 1 at level 2 ("incident"). The level 2 incident resulted from non-compliance with an operational instruction. An action plan was implemented to heighten team awareness on the subject.

Focus 

 The apprenticeship in human factors 
To get a better grip on the human factor in risk prevention, the La Hague plant set up a program of seminars in 2005 for managers. Operators participated in training sessions, led by management staff, illustrated by real case studies. In 5 years, this program has trained 1,500 line personnel, facility operators and radiation protection personnel.