INES Levels
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INES 2: Incident

Impact on People and Environment:
  • Exposure of a member of the public in excess of 10 mSv.
  • Exposure of a worker in excess of the statutory annual limits.
Impact on Radiological Barriers and Control:
  • Radiation levels in an operating area of more than 50 mSv/h.
  • Significant contamination within the facility into an area not expected by design.
Impact on Defence-in-Depth:
  • Significant failures in safety ­provisions but with no actual ­consequences.
  • Found highly radioactive sealed orphan source, device or transport package with safety provisions intact.
  • Inadequate packaging of a highly radioactive sealed source.
▸ Legenda & explanation
date title location 
2013-05-20Overexposure of radiographersPeruProject EPC-30, Plant of Malvinas, Cusco
2013-05-06Exceeding of the maximum regulatory annual effective dose by a practitioner in interventional radiologyFranceHospital "Institut Mutualiste Montsouris" (Paris)
2013-05-02Overexposure of 4 persons exceeding the statutory annual whole body dose limit for workers (20 mSv)AustriaNuclear Engineering Seiberdorf, Univ. Innsbruck
2013-04-24Accidental exposure of a worker exceeding annual regulatory limit to the skinFranceBLAYAIS-4
2013-03-22Overexposure to Member of the PublicUnited States of AmericaNew York, NY/ Children's Hospital at Montefiore
2013-03-20Radiographer OverexposureUnited States of AmericaTulsa, Oklahoma / Tulsa Gamma Ray
2013-02-28Overexposure of a workerFinlandJyväskylä
2013-02-19Deficiency in the safety evaluation of the primary reactor drain lineNetherlandsHigh Flux Reactor Petten
2013-01-15Overexposure to Radiographer’s AssistantUnited States of AmericaTulsa, Oklahoma / Advanced Inspection Technologies
2012-12-31Radiographer OverexposureUnited States of AmericaSeiling, Oklahoma/ Hi-Tech Testing
2012-11-22Potential exposure of airplane passengers to doses in excess of statutory limits for the public due to a damaged type A packageAustraliaFrankfurt, Germany
2012-11-19loss of a package containing medical radioactive fluorine, during a transport operation in NimesFranceNîmes University Hospital
2012-10-05Overexposure of a workerBelgiumIRM group sa - Alleur
2012-09-26ASN decided to uprate as level 2 on the INES scale an event related to non-compliance with the requirements applicable to labelling, storage and on-site transfer of wet fissile materialsFranceAREVA-FBFC
2012-09-19Overexposure of a radiographerBelgiumStork Technical Service
2012-09-09Three radioactive level gauges stolen and later found openBulgariaDevnya town
2012-06-13Irradiation of a worker while handling an Iridium 192 sourceFranceFos-sur-Mer
2012-05-09Discovery of orphan source in a steel millSpainAlcal
2012-04-19Worker overexposureGreeceGreek Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC)
2012-04-06Overexposure to Radiographer’s AssistantUnited States of AmericaTampa, Florida/Renegade Testing & Inspection, INC.
2012-03-24Overexposure to RadiographerUnited States of AmericaPasadena, Texas / Non-Destructive Inspection Corp
2012-02-09Loss of shutdown cooling due to station blackout during refueling outageSouth KoreaKORI-1
2012-01-28Overexposure to RadiographerUnited States of AmericaHouma, Louisiana/Global X-ray & Testing
2012-01-09Overexposure of a worker in a lead foundryCzech Republiclead foundry TRIANGL s.r.o. at Hrob
2011-12-21Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning a pipe nonconformity in two Cattenom NPP fuel storage poolsFranceCATTENOM-2 and 3
2011-10-28Over Exposure to RadiographerUnited States of AmericaWyalusing, Pennsylvania
2011-10-22Overexposure to Members of the PublicUnited States of AmericaHouston, Texas
2011-10-12Overexposure to Radiation workerUnited States of AmericaPetrochemical Inspection Services, Texas
2011-10-08Overexposure to Radiation WorkersUnited States of AmericaCentral New Jersey
2011-10-04Contamination of workers during inspectionBelgiumBelgoprocess