North America

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
28-05-1992INES 1A NON USUAL EVENT DUE TO THE LIBERATION OF GASES INSIDE THE PLANTLAGUNA VERDE-1, Mexico
20-07-1995INES 0AMMONIA RELEASE FROM NEARBY CHEMICAL PLANTWATERFORD-3, United States of America
18-01-1992INES 1AN IMPORTANT LOSS OF COMMUNICATIONS IN MAIN CONTROL ROOMLAGUNA VERDE-1, Mexico
13-02-1995[N/A]CARBON DIOXIDE RELEASE TO A PLANT VITAL AREAH.B. ROBINSON-2, United States of America
04-01-2024INES 0Declaration of Unusual Event (NUP-4.1)LAGUNA VERDE-1, Mexico
08-03-2002INES 3DETERIORATION OF REACTOR VESSEL HEADDAVIS BESSE-1, United States of America
05-03-1999[N/A]Discovery of suspicious item in plantSAN ONOFRE-2, United States of America
19-04-1996INES 1ECI impairment due to check valve failure resulting in forced outage of Pickering stationPICKERING-1, Canada
04-04-1996INES 0Electrical fire in the control roomPALO VERDE-2, United States of America
21-03-2001INES 0EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR BEARING FAILURE & FIREENRICO FERMI-2, United States of America
04-10-1996INES 2Emergency water/reheater drains distribution header damage inside the steam generatorsPOINT LEPREAU, Canada
11-06-2002INES 0Empty Pressure Tube Damaged During Routine MaintenanceBRUCE-6, Canada
12-07-2002INES 2Engineering Safety Feature Inoperative at Laguna Verde NPP-1LAGUNA VERDE-1, Mexico
13-07-2016INES 2Excessive Deposits of Material Containing Uranium In ScrubberHopkins, SC, USA/Westinghouse Fuel Fabrication Fac, United States of America
24-04-1993INES 0EXCESSIVE FEEDWATER REGULATING VALVE OSCILLATIONS CAUSE WATER HAMMER INDUCED VIBRATION OF THE MAIN FEEDWATER PIPINGNORTH ANNA-2, United States of America
23-07-1999INES 2Exposure to radiation from a fixed gauge in New Waterford Nova ScotiaCAPE BRETON (DEVCO), Canada
04-08-2010INES 2Extremity OverexposureISOAID, LLC/Port Richey, FL, United States of America
29-06-2003INES 2FAILURE OF FIXED GAUGING DEVICE RESULTING IN RADIATION EXPOSURE TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLICMonsanto Chemical Plant, United States of America
24-05-1996INES 1Failure to replace horizontal flux detector shielding after maintenancePOINT LEPREAU, Canada
08-10-1998INES 0Fire in emergency diesel generator control panel during testENRICO FERMI-2, United States of America
09-10-1997INES 0Fire in emergency diesel generator exhaustLIMERICK-2, United States of America
23-08-2011INES 0Follow-up to Alert Emergency Action Level Declaration due to Loss of Offsite Power Resulting from a Seismic EventNORTH ANNA POWER STATION UNITS 1 and 2, United States of America
21-11-1998INES 2Fuel assembly drop during refuellingLAGUNA VERDE-1, Mexico
19-09-1991INES 1FUEL BUNDLE DAMAGE DURING TRANSFER TO SPENT FUEL BAYGENTILLY-2, Canada
25-03-1995[N/A]GASEOUS RELEASE FROM NEARBY CHEMICAL PLANTWATERFORD-3, United States of America
11-11-2001INES 0Heat Transport Steam Bleed Valve Failed Open Causing Unit TripDARLINGTON-3, Canada
31-10-1995INES 1HIGH RADIATION LEVELS IN REACTOR BUILDINGLASALLE-1, United States of America
24-01-2011INES 0Hydrogen Recombiner functional testing not satisfactoryLAGUNA VERDE-2, Mexico
08-12-2003INES 1Incidents of Radioactivity in Consumer ProductsConsumer Products, Canada
31-05-1991INES 2INCORRECT CALIBRATION OF SHUTDOWN SYSTEM AND TWO REGIONAL OVERPOWER DETECTORSPOINT LEPREAU, Canada