Europe

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
23-02-2004INES 1Loss of a type A package between Saclay (France) and Nuremberg (Germany)Transport International, France
01-03-2004INES 1Sealed sources stolen from an industrial non destructive test companyI. C. Q. MODI/Massafra (Taranto), Italy
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
31-12-2003INES 2Anomaly on the water recirculation circuits of French pressurised water reactorsAll NPP - generic, France
11-11-2003INES 2Unshielded strontium-90 (Sr-90/Y-90) radioactive source found in metalscrap from NigeriaREUKEMA BLOCQ EN MANESCHIJN B.V., Harderwijk, Netherlands
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
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
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
16-10-2000INES 1Flooding event at the EUREX facilityEUREX, Italy
13-11-2000INES 1Loss of a radioactive Type-A package containing 30,8 GBq of Thallium 201 between Paris-Roissy (France) and Budapest (Hungary) airportsCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL, France
09-09-2000INES 0Beloyarsk NPP Unit 3 scram due to events in the operation of the Urals power systemBELOYARSKY-3(BN-600), Russian Federation
06-10-2000[N/A]Fire at Dukovany NPPDUKOVANY-1, Czech Republic
29-09-2000INES 1Loss of a radioactive package containing a small amount of depleted uraniumSICN COMPANY, France
19-09-2000INES 1Unshielded Cs-137 source found in metal scrapJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek, Netherlands
27-08-2000INES 1Increase in the gamma background in front of the reactor building of unit 3KOZLODUY-3, Bulgaria
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
15-06-2000INES 1Unplanned exposure of workersBOHUNICE-4, Slovakia
07-06-2000INES 1Loss of an Iodine-131 package between France and Spain during air shipmentCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL, France