Europe

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
03-03-1994INES 2COOLANT LEAK FROM THE AUXILIARY PRIMARY CIRCUIT CLEANUP SYSTEM DURING COOLDOWN OF THE PRIMARY CIRCUITKOLA-2, Russian Federation
04-10-2011INES 2Contamination of workers during inspectionBelgoprocess, Belgium
10-07-2001INES 2Contamination of workers during dismantling of alpha dry glove boxesNUCLEAR RESEARCH INST., REZ, Czech Republic
23-11-1992INES 2CONTAMINATION OF WORKERS DUE TO THE RUPTURE OF A MIXED OXIDE FUEL ROD DURING FABRICATIONFBFC, Belgium
02-10-1991INES 2CONTAMINATION OF THE SECONDARY WATER DUE TO ERRORS OF THE SPECIAL WATER TREATMENT FACILITY PERSONNELZAPOROZHE-2, Ukraine
22-07-1991INES 1CONTAMINATION OF SOIL ON SITEKOZLODUY-1, Bulgaria
21-07-2022INES 2Contamination of an employee and the break room in a nuclear medicine departmentSCINTIGARD radiology centre (Nîmes), France
26-05-2010INES 2Contamination of 6 workers during the recovery of a gammagraphy Co-60 sourceindustrial radiography, France
21-09-2017INES 2Contamination event at research facilityStudsvik Nuclear AB, Sweden
10-06-1992INES 1CONTAMINATED PARTICLES DISCOVERED ON-SITEKOZLODUY-1, Bulgaria
11-03-2002INES 2Consequential failure of Fuelling Machine Interlock at Buffer Storage TubeHEYSHAM-1 UNIT A, United Kingdom
24-03-1995INES 2CONFIRMED DOSE ABOVE STATUTORY DOSE LIMIT PROBABLY DUE TO A WOUNDBNFL, Sellafield, United Kingdom
26-09-2013INES 2Common cause mechanical deficiency in control rodsHigh Flux Reactor / Petten, Netherlands
15-10-2001INES 2Cobalt-60 contaminated steel slabs sent to Italian shipyard from a foundry in MacedoniaSHIPYARDS, Italy
07-10-2008INES 2Cobalt-60 contaminated elevator buttons sold abroad by a French companyMetallic products manufacturer, France
11-01-2019INES 1Co60 source discovered in a scrap metal deliveryPort of Hamburg, Germany
20-07-2010INES 2Co-60 orphan source discovered in a container of metal scraps in the Genova PortGenova port, Italy
27-09-1997INES 2Closed valves in the containment spray pumps' suction lines during the non-nuclear phase of start-up after refuelingRINGHALS-4, Sweden
28-07-1992INES 2CLOGGED PUMP SUCTION STRAINERS IN THE WET WELL POOLBARSEBECK-2, Sweden
25-08-2004INES 2Circumferential break of Essential Service Water (ESW) hatch neck pipeVANDELLOS-2, Spain
12-01-1993INES 0CABLE CATCHING FIRE AT THE CONNECTION POINT FOR PORTABLE UTILIZING EQUIPMENTCHERNOBYL-3, Ukraine
22-07-1991INES 3BREACH OF UNIT LIMITING CONDITIONS FOR OPERATION WHILE PREPARING FOR RESTART AFTER MAINTENANCE DUE TO ECCS AND MSV UNAVAILABILITYSMOLENSK-2, Russian Federation
16-09-1991INES 2BORON MEASURING DEVICE CALIBRATION ERROR AT THE CHEMICAL LABORATORYCHINON-B1, France
27-08-2001INES 2Boron concentration below specification in borated water storage tanks of 3 out of 4 ECCS trainsPHILIPPSBURG-2, Germany
30-06-2015INES 2Bordeaux University: discovery of radioactive sources and incidental exposure of personsBordeaux University, France
25-10-1991INES 2BORATED WATER STORAGE TANK LEVEL REDUCTION TO 180 M3NOVOVORONEZH-4, Russian Federation
03-03-1993INES 0BLOWN FUSE ON THE INVERTER CAUSED REACTOR TRIPKRSKO, Slovenia
09-09-2000INES 0Beloyarsk NPP Unit 3 scram due to events in the operation of the Urals power systemBELOYARSKY-3(BN-600), Russian Federation
22-07-2021INES 2Automatic trip of both reactors following loss of off-site electric suppliesHeysham 1 Power Station, United Kingdom
22-07-2021INES 2Automatic trip of both reactors following loss of off-site electric suppliesHeysham 1 Power Station, United Kingdom