OUR AMBITIONOUR SITES
Fontenay-aux-Roses
Cherbourg - Octeville

Excellence◗ Establish guidelines andmanage research projects on
nuclear and radiological risks
in an international context◗ Establish priority levels
for expertise to support
decision-making◗ Maintain high-level skills interms of research, expertiseand crisis management◗ Manage knowledge anduse data in a digital world

Anticipation◗ Identify any new issues
and find the necessary solutions
ahead of time
◗ Expand IRSN’s ability totake action and handle alltypes of emergency◗ Promote the drive for innovationand creativity◗ Allocate teams to emerging
issuesFontenay-aux-Roses

Le Vésinet

Orsay

Cherbourg - Octeville

THE POPULATION
AND THE ENVIRONMENT

SaclayLe Vésinet

Orsay

Les Angles - Avignon

PROVIDING◗ Guarantee unbiased expertise
dedicated to global risk
management on a long-termbasis◗ Establish IRSN’s position asa renowned and trustworthy
actor◗ Maintain IRSN’s alerting
capacity◗ Promote internal debates

Sharing◗ Develop partnerships withcivil societal organisations,to the benefit of the generalinterest◗ Share priorities withFrench authorities to boost
the effectiveness of public
initiatives◗ Reinforce European cooperation
programmes in the fieldsof research, expertise andexperience feedback◗ Promote synergies within IRSN

CadaracheTournemire

Vairao (Tahiti)

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SaclayIndependence

PROTECTING

Tournemire

Vairao (Tahiti)

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INDEPENDENTEXPERTISE

Les Angles - Avignon

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ANTICIPATING
AND INNOVATING
THROUGH RESEARCH

THE PUBLIC EXPERT ON
NUCLEAR AND
RADIOLOGICAL RISKS

Definingand implementing
research
programmes

As a Public Industrial and Commercial Establishment (“EPIC” - Établissement public à caractère
industriel et commercial) overseen jointly by the French ministers in charge of the ecological transition,
the Armed Forces, energy, research, and health, IRSN is fully in line with the State’s modernisation
policies, as testified by its risk management approach and by its implementation of a global corporatesocial responsibility policy.
IRSN’s missions serving public authorities and the population are to assess, research, protect,anticipate, and share. The institute’s singularity lies in its ability to combine researchers and experts
to anticipate future questions on the development and management of nuclear and radiation risks.
IRSN teams are keen to publish their work and share their knowledge with society, thereby helping toimprove access to information and dialog with stakeholders.
Independence, anticipation, excellence, and sharing are IRSN’s essential ambitions in order tocontribute to public nuclear safety and security, health, environment, and crisis management policies.

Contributing toPublic informationand publicoutreach

IRSN’SMISSIONS

Operational support
in the event ofa radiological crisis
or emergency situation

Technical
support for
the French
publicauthorities

Contributing
to training
and education

KEY FIGURES
2023

Permanent radiation
protection monitoring

1783

Providing expertiseand conducting researchfor public and privateorganisations in France
and worldwideemployees

501

FTE* devoted toresearch€294M
BudgetPOLES OFCOMPETENCESHEALTH AND
THE ENVIRONMENT
As part of its mission to protect
the population and the environment,
IRSN focuses on three topics: monitoring,expertise and research.
IRSN runs permanent radiologicalenvironmental monitoring programmes,
which are essential for detecting abnormal
situations. Authorities ask for IRSN for bothplanned and emergency operations at
potentially-contaminated sites. In addition,
IRSN regularly assesses the exposurelevels faced by population, patients andworkers exposed to ionising radiation.
In the event of a crisis, IRSN provides
authorities with its assessments as well as
mobile resources, which can be used tomeasure the contamination levels of bothpeople and the environment.
With this approach, IRSN helps to protect
public health thanks to its multi-disciplinary
works on radiological risks organised
jointly with other entities at national,
European and international level.

NUCLEAR SAFETY
IRSN brings its expertise in the safetyof civil nuclear facilities (nuclear reactors,
fuel cycle facilities, research and transportfacilities for radioactive materials),from design to decommissioning phases.
IRSN manages active research projects
in various nuclear safety fields in orderto maintain top-level expertise and ensure
on a long-term perspective the necessary
knowledge and skills.

DEFENCE, SECURITY AND
NON-PROLIFERATIONIRSN provides technical support for authorities
such as the Delegate of nuclear safety and radiation protection
for defence operations and facilities, or senior defence andsecurity officials from the French ministries assigned to nonproliferation.
IRSN teams assess security levels for defence facilities,
and protect civil nuclear transport and facilitiesfrom any act of malice.
Finally, IRSN helps to ensure that France meets its
commitments in terms of the non-proliferation of nuclear
weapons and the prohibition of chemical weapons.

38.7%
of the budget
is allocated toresearch

282international
cooperationagreements

579

technical
assessments
and reports
issued to defence
and civil security
and safety authorities* FTE: Full time equivalent.