Europe: France

▸ Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
31-12-2003INES 2Anomaly on the water recirculation circuits of French pressurised water reactorsAll NPP - generic
09-03-2004INES 2Generic anomaly on some power supply boxes of the French pressurised water reactorsAll NPP - generic
09-12-2005INES 2Anomaly on safety pumps of 900 MW reactorsAll NPP - generic
31-01-2019INES 2Overexposure of a worker (nuclear medicine department of a hospital, hands exposure)Angers Hospital
31-10-2022INES 2Exposure of a worker in excess of the statutory dose limitAperam Stainless Steel France
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
12-03-2001INES 2Risk of recirculation system valves becoming jammed in 5 NPPsBELLEVILLE-1
06-04-1996INES 2Sticking of a control rod cluster during reactor scramBELLEVILLE-1
20-06-2017INES 2Emergency diesel generators auxiliary systems not compliant with seismic requirements on the 1300 MW reactors (8 sites - 20 reactors)BELLEVILLE-1
02-08-2017INES 2Risk of loss of heat sink in case of an earthquake - 20 reactors concernedBELLEVILLE-1
22-06-1991INES 2DEFECTIVE WELDS IN LOW PRESSURE SAFETY INJECTION SYSTEMBELLEVILLE-2
24-05-1991INES 2UNAVAILABILITY OF REACTOR LEVEL MEASUREMENTBELLEVILLE-2
10-07-1991INES 2INADVERTENT DILUTION OF THE PRIMARY FLUID DURING A COLD SHUTDOWNBELLEVILLE-2
11-06-1998INES 2Automatic shutdown of the reactor caused by spurious triggering of the containment spray system and jamming of a control cluster in the high position during this shutdownBELLEVILLE-2
28-12-1999INES 2Partial loss of safeguards systems as a result of external floodingBLAYAIS-1
24-04-2013INES 2Accidental exposure of a worker exceeding annual regulatory limit to the skinBLAYAIS-4
18-08-2015INES 2Irradiation of a worker during scheduled NNP outage at Le BlayaisBLAYAIS-4
30-06-2015INES 2Bordeaux University: discovery of radioactive sources and incidental exposure of personsBordeaux University
02-08-2013INES 2Uncontrolled release of radioactive effluents into the public sewerage systemBordeaux university hospital
14-10-2014INES 2A practitioner’s regulatory annual exposure dose limit was exceededBordeaux University Hospital - Pellegrin Hospital
23-09-1991INES 2DEFECTS IN BUGEY AND FESSENHEIM POWER PLANT REACTOR VESSEL HEADSBUGEY-2
29-01-1994INES 2FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE OPERATING PROCEDURESBUGEY-5
05-11-1991INES 2SIGNIFICANT CONTAMINATION IN THE CHEMICAL PURIFICATION LABORATORY IN THE CADARACHE RESEARCH CENTERCADARACHE
21-06-1993INES 2OVERFLOW OF A LIQUID EFFLUENT STORAGE TANKCADARACHE
06-11-2006INES 2Operation outside limits and conditions at a former MOX facilityCADARACHE
06-10-2009INES 2Failure in fissile material accountabilityCADARACHE
31-03-1994INES 2ACCIDENT CLOSE TO THE FORMER RAPSODIE REACTOR AT THE CADARACHE SITECADARACHE, RAPSODIE
21-08-1992INES 2ABNORMAL PRESENCE OF A FILTER ON A DRAINING CIRCUIT OF THE REACTOR CAVITYCATTENOM-1
16-05-2004INES 1Fire on electric cables in Cattenom-2 NPPCATTENOM-2
21-12-2011INES 2Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning a pipe nonconformity in two Cattenom NPP fuel storage poolsCATTENOM-2 and 3