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Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
21-01-1996INES 1A PART OF THE RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL SYSTEM - THE AUXILIARY CONDENSER - TEMPORARILY NOT AVAILABLEOSKARSHAMN-1, Sweden
04-03-1996INES 1FAILURE OF A CONTAINMENT ISOLATION VALVE AT A PERIODICAL TESTOSKARSHAMN-1, Sweden
15-04-1996INES 1Penetration of primary coolant and low level contamination of hermetic boxBOHUNICE-4, Slovakia
24-04-1996INES 1Radioactive contamination at the Unit N3CHERNOBYL-3, Ukraine
30-04-1996INES 1Exceeding allowed maximum primary coolant temperature during planned outageKHMELNITSKI-1, Ukraine
15-05-1996INES 1Small leak of radioactive water from auxiliary building no. 2KOZLODUY-3, Bulgaria
12-06-1996INES 1Degraded pressure subpression (PS) functionBARSEBECK-2, Sweden
16-05-1996INES 1Disturbance of forced reactor coolant circulation in cold shutdown conditionKOZLODUY-5, Bulgaria
12-07-1996INES 1Degradation of essential service water (ES'W) for a year due to a defficient design modificationASCO-1, Spain
24-07-1996INES 1On-site radioactive contaminationKHMELNITSKI-1, Ukraine
13-08-1996INES 1Water leak into a hot cell at the Studsvik research establishmentStudsvik Nuclear AB, Sweden
18-07-1996INES 1Erroneous line-up before start-up of vent pipe valves to the scrubber systemFORSMARK-1, Sweden
28-02-1996INES 1Internal Contamination of Several Workers While Cleaning up EquipmentVANDELLOS-1, Spain
17-01-1997INES 1Slow insertion of control rodsALMARAZ-2, Spain
16-04-1996INES 1Violation of limits and conditions - a late test of emergency core cooling system pumpsDUKOVANY-2, Czech Republic
21-04-1996INES 1Spurious signal for actuation of the ESFAS caused by human errorDUKOVANY-3, Czech Republic
08-07-1996INES 1Violation of limts and conditions - a late test of spray pumpsDUKOVANY-4, Czech Republic
06-10-1996INES 1Scram of the reactor caused by a wrong operation of the control room operatorDUKOVANY-4, Czech Republic
05-02-1997INES 1Supposedly empty shipping containers found to contain nuclear materialENUSA, Spain
01-07-1997INES 1Two out of four diesel generators unavailable due to loose connection to the voltage regulatorRINGHALS-2, Sweden
16-05-1997INES 1Degraded containment pressure suppression function during shutdown of reactor before outage periodFORSMARK-2, Sweden
17-08-1997INES 1Automatic protection system disconnected during non nuclear heat up after refuellingRINGHALS-2, Sweden
26-07-1997INES 1Slightly increased radioactivity release outside the reactor while preparing for removal of leaky fuel assemblyMIR-M1, RU-0013, Russian Federation
26-03-1997INES 1Worker contamination for AM-241 inhalation when manipulating a radiation detectorVANDELLOS-1, Spain
28-01-1999INES 1Loss of reactor annulus integrityTRILLO-1, Spain
02-03-2000INES 1Loss of a Promethium source (18.5 GBq)TANDEM CONSULTANTS, France
03-05-2000INES 1Loss of an iodine-125 sourceCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL, France
07-06-2000INES 1Loss of an Iodine-131 package between France and Spain during air shipmentCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL, France
15-06-2000INES 1Unplanned exposure of workersBOHUNICE-4, Slovakia
17-08-2000INES 1Water leakages at Loviisa-1 NPP unit from the fuel loading pool on 17 and 18 August 2000 during the annual maintenance outageLOVIISA-1, Finland