Europe

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
07-10-2008INES 2Cobalt-60 contaminated elevator buttons sold abroad by a French companyMetallic products manufacturer, France
03-03-2009INES 2Non-respect of a safety-criticality requirement at AREVA NC Melox facility (Marcoule)MELOX Fuel process plant, France
04-05-2009INES 2Drop out of a SPND from transport container into the reactor hall during outagePAKS-4, Hungary
23-01-2009INES 2Radioactive contamination spread from release of ventilation duct condensate at SellafieldSellafield Ltd, Cumbria, United Kingdom
07-05-2009INES 2Incident at Irradiation FacilitySTERIGENICS - Fleurus, Belgium
29-06-2009INES 2Introduction of potentially moderating material to fuel routeDUNGENESS-B1 UNIT A, United Kingdom
03-08-2009INES 2Exposure of two workers in excess of statutory annual dose limitsBEZNAU-2, Switzerland
06-10-2009INES 2Failure in fissile material accountabilityCADARACHE, France
01-12-2009INES 2Shutdown of Cruas unit 4 after heat sink incidentCRUAS-4, France
31-08-2010INES 2Exposure of a worker in excess of statutory annual dose limitsLEIBSTADT, Switzerland
20-07-2010INES 2Co-60 orphan source discovered in a container of metal scraps in the Genova PortGenova port, Italy
26-05-2010INES 2Contamination of 6 workers during the recovery of a gammagraphy Co-60 sourceindustrial radiography, France
23-04-2010INES 2Worker overexposure CHINON-B4, France
16-09-2010INES 2Radiography overexposureInspecta Oy/Kotka, Finland
02-12-2010INES 2Several mine workers overexposed by X-raysBoliden Mineral, Gällivare, Sweden
16-02-2011INES 2Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning back-up diesel generators at Tricastin nuclear power plantTRICASTIN-3, France
18-03-2011INES 2Inadequate setting of the auxiliary feedwater turbopumpDOEL-4, Belgium
04-10-2011INES 2Contamination of workers during inspectionBelgoprocess, Belgium
21-12-2011INES 2Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning a pipe nonconformity in two Cattenom NPP fuel storage poolsCATTENOM-2 and 3, France
09-01-2012INES 2Overexposure of a worker in a lead foundrylead foundry TRIANGL s.r.o. at Hrob, Czech Republic
09-05-2012INES 2Discovery of orphan source in a steel millAlcal, Spain
19-04-2012INES 2Worker overexposureGreek Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), Greece
09-09-2012INES 2Three radioactive level gauges stolen and later found openDevnya town, Bulgaria
05-10-2012INES 2Overexposure of a workerIRM group sa - Alleur, Belgium
19-09-2012INES 2Overexposure of a radiographerStork Technical Service, Belgium
26-09-2012INES 2ASN 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 materialsAREVA-FBFC, France
28-02-2013INES 2Overexposure of a workerJyväskylä, Finland
02-05-2013INES 2Overexposure of 4 persons exceeding the statutory annual whole body dose limit for workers (20 mSv)Nuclear Engineering Seiberdorf, Univ. Innsbruck, Austria
19-11-2012INES 2loss of a package containing medical radioactive fluorine, during a transport operation in NimesNîmes University Hospital, France
06-05-2013INES 2Exceeding of the maximum regulatory annual effective dose by a practitioner in interventional radiologyHospital "Institut Mutualiste Montsouris" (Paris), France