​​Jean-Christophe Niel, Director General of IRSN, was this week at the headquarters of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in Rockville, near Washington, where the annual RIC 2019 nuclear safety conference was taking place. He met with his counterparts and co-chaired the annual bilateral cooperation meeting between IRSN and the NRC.

​​​Result of the French-Japanese research project Shinrai, the report "The 3/11 accident and its social consequences - Case studies in Fukushima prefecture" analyses post accidental policy in Fukushima prefecture, particularly the questions linked to return or non-return to evacuated towns and villages.

​In March 2018, the Chair of the Parliamentary Inquiry Committee on the Safety and Security of Nuclear Facilities, set up by the French National Assembly, requested the analysis of IRSN on the nuclear safety issues associated with a strategy for managing irradiated nuclear fuel based on the storage of that fuel only in a pool or also in dry storage facilities.

​Representatives from the National Research Foundation (NRS) and the Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative (SNRSI) were received at IRSN from 18 to 21 February 2019.

​By decree of the President of the Republic dated 21 December 2018, Jean-Luc Lachaume is appointed ASN Commissioner for a period of 6 years.

​Through IRSN, France will expand its support to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) on non-proliferation. The services offered under the Mentoring Program are intended primarily for developing countries.