Europe: France

▸ Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
02-04-2001INES 2Wrong positioning of fuel assemblies in the reactor vessel during refuelling operationsDAMPIERRE-4
23-04-2010INES 2Worker overexposure CHINON-B4
12-03-2008INES 3Worker over exposureToulouse
26-07-2004INES 2Worker injured and contaminated at the French MOX processing plant MELOXMELOX Fuel process plant
29-04-1991INES 2VIOLATION OF SAFETY REGULATIONS AT A WORKSHOP IN THE FUEL FABRICATION PLANTPIERRELATTE
02-08-2013INES 2Uncontrolled release of radioactive effluents into the public sewerage systemBordeaux university hospital
22-01-1992INES 2UNAVAILABILITY OF THE IODINE FILTERING OF REACTOR CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION SYSTEMDAMPIERRE-1
24-05-1991INES 2UNAVAILABILITY OF REACTOR LEVEL MEASUREMENTBELLEVILLE-2
02-03-2015INES 2Transport incident of a gamma ray projectorSt Pol-sur-Mer (59) and Courcelles-les-Lens (62)
14-06-2004INES 1Theft of two low activity radioactive sources in PalaiseauTransportation/France
23-03-1999INES 2Theft of a vehicle containing a GAM80 gamma radiography unit (with 80 Ci source)Mesnil Amelot
02-10-1998INES 2Switch off of a protection device during periodic inspectionPHEBUS
24-11-2000INES 2Successive events in operation during reactor restartTRICASTIN-3
20-01-1993INES 2SUB-COOLING OF THE REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM DURING A TESTPALUEL-2
06-03-2023INES 2Stress corrosion: presence of a deep crack on the safety injection system of reactor 1 of the Penly NPPPENLY-1
14-04-2017INES 1Stolen gamma densitometerSouth of France / Valérian Company
06-04-1996INES 2Sticking of a control rod cluster during reactor scramBELLEVILLE-1
07-07-2008INES 1Spillage of uranium-bearing effluents into the environment at the SOCATRI nuclear facility (Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (Drôme), France)SOCATRI Bollène (Vaucluse)
11-08-1994INES 0SLIGHT CONTAMINATION AT THE NUCLAR ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION CENTRE OF DAMPIERREDAMPIERRE-1
05-11-1991INES 2SIGNIFICANT CONTAMINATION IN THE CHEMICAL PURIFICATION LABORATORY IN THE CADARACHE RESEARCH CENTERCADARACHE
01-12-2009INES 2Shutdown of Cruas unit 4 after heat sink incidentCRUAS-4
12-03-2001INES 2Risk of recirculation system valves becoming jammed in 5 NPPsBELLEVILLE-1
02-08-2017INES 2Risk of loss of heat sink in case of an earthquake - 20 reactors concernedBELLEVILLE-1
30-12-1992INES 2PROLONGED LOSS OF VENTILATION IN THE FUEL FABRICATION BUILDING IN THE FBFC ESTABLISHMENTFBFC
21-01-2002INES 2Partial loss of the command and control system in Flamanville NPPFLAMANVILLE-2
28-12-1999INES 2Partial loss of safeguards systems as a result of external floodingBLAYAIS-1
12-06-1991INES 2PARTIAL INOPERABILITY OF THE REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEMCATTENOM-4
11-08-1994INES 1OVERFLOW OF A SOLUTION IN THE MAPU WORKSHOP (MEDIUM ACTIVITY PLUTONIM WORKSHOP) AT THE UP2-400 PLANTLA HAGUE
21-06-1993INES 2OVERFLOW OF A LIQUID EFFLUENT STORAGE TANKCADARACHE
10-03-2005INES 2Overexposure of a worker at the Frederic Joliot hospital section in Orsay (91)Hospital