Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
12-01-2004INES 2Cs137 shielded radioactive source smelted in metal recycling facilityAcciaierie Beltrame, metal recycling facility, Vicenza, Italy
16-12-2003INES 1Process vessel with natural uranium compound found in stainless steel scrapJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek, Netherlands
29-12-2003INES 2Unshielded radioactive source found in metal scrapMeghri, Armenia
02-12-2003INES 1Missing Radioactive GaugeGeismar, United States of America
31-12-2003INES 2Anomaly on the water recirculation circuits of French pressurised water reactorsAll NPP - generic, France
14-08-2003INES 2Total Impairment of the High Pressure Emergency Core Injection System Affecting Five (5) Reactor Units at Pickering NGSPickering A - B NGS, Canada
08-12-2003INES 1Incidents of Radioactivity in Consumer ProductsConsumer Products, Canada
07-11-2003INES 2Occupational Overexposure to WorkersLexena, United States of America
09-09-2003INES 2Radiation Overexposure of an Industrial RadiographerCharleston, United States of America
11-11-2003INES 2Unshielded strontium-90 (Sr-90/Y-90) radioactive source found in metalscrap from NigeriaREUKEMA BLOCQ EN MANESCHIJN B.V., Harderwijk, Netherlands
05-04-2002INES 1Steam Generator Tube FailureULCHIN-4, South Korea
27-08-2003INES 0Unexpected closure of the main steam line isolation valve caused reactor tripKRSKO, Slovenia
16-07-2003INES 2Discovery of a Cs-source in scrapShipment of scrap, Slovenia
07-08-2003INES 2One unshielded and two shielded Cs-137 radioactive sources found at a scrap yardJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek, Netherlands
11-07-2003INES 2Auto-trip of R21, following trip of Main Boiler Feed Pump, subsequent breach of Gas Circulator 22 Inlet Temp. limitDUNGENESS-B1 UNIT A, United Kingdom
29-06-2003INES 2FAILURE OF FIXED GAUGING DEVICE RESULTING IN RADIATION EXPOSURE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICMonsanto Chemical Plant, United States of America
01-07-2003INES 1Radiological incident occurred in the fuel element auxiliary pool, involving Co-60 withdrawn from an adjuster unitEMBALSE, Argentina
04-12-2001INES 1Loss of a type "A" package during a road shipment between France and ItalyCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL, France
15-10-2001INES 2Cobalt-60 contaminated steel slabs sent to Italian shipyard from a foundry in MacedoniaSHIPYARDS, Italy
09-10-2001INES 1Iridium source lost in a stolen vanBINCH, Belgium
09-08-2001INES 1New equipment with CO-60 in steel flanges in non-nuclear research instituteSCRAPYARD, Netherlands
03-07-2001INES 2Unshielded strontium-90 source found at scrapyardJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek, Netherlands
10-07-2001INES 2Contamination of workers during dismantling of alpha dry glove boxesNUCLEAR RESEARCH INST., REZ, Czech Republic
28-12-2000INES 1Radioactive source found in scrap recycling facility in GreeceHELLENIC STEEL PRODUCTION CO., Greece
26-01-2000INES 0Earthquake in the Indian State of GujaratKAKRAPAR-1, India
04-12-2000INES 1Loss of a radioactive package between Orange (84-France) and Thrion-Gardals (28-France)SAPHYMO, France
28-11-2000INES 1Loss of a radioactive package between Roissy (France) and Athens (Greece) airportsCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL, France
24-11-2000INES 2Successive events in operation during reactor restartTRICASTIN-3, France
28-11-2000INES 0Forced shutdown of Narora Unit-1 due to unavailability of make up waterNARORA-1, India
16-10-2000INES 1Flooding event at the EUREX facilityEUREX, Italy