INES Levels
INES N/A
INES 0
INES 1
INES 2
INES 3
INES 4
INES 5
INES 6
INES 7

INES 1: Anomaly

Impact on Defence-in-Depth
  • Overexposure of a member of the public in excess of statutory ­annual limits.
  • Minor problems with safety components with significant defence-in-depth remaining.
  • Low activity lost or stolen radioactive source, device or transport package.
(Arrangements for reporting minor events to the public differ from country to country. Also, it is difficult to ensure precise consistency in rating events between INES Level-1 and Below scale/Level-0)
Legenda & explanation
date title location 
2006-12-01Multiple non compliance during a transportFranceTransport International
2006-11-16Theft of Nucleonic Density Gauge Device containing Cs-137 sourceIndiaCoal washery
2006-09-13Stolen Radiographic Exposure DeviceUnited States of AmericaBonded Inspections
2006-09-01Lost excepted package between France and AustriaFranceTransport International
2006-07-30Loss of radioactive source (Cs-137, Song Da, 2006)Viet NamSong Da cement company/Hoa Binh Province
2006-07-25INES-rating due to earlier event at Forsmark 1 - Two emergency DG did not start when the unit was disconnected from the ordinary off-site gridSwedenFORSMARK-2
2006-07-05Loss of a type A packageFranceTransport International
2006-06-22Temperature increase of control rod drive housing 6/7 during restart of Unit 4HungaryPAKS-4
2006-06-22One partly shielded Cs-137 radioactive source found in a 40 ft scrap containerNetherlandsJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek
2006-05-29Loss and dispersion of radioactive source (Eu-152, 2006)Viet NamITRRE/Hanoi
2006-05-12Lost radiopharmaceutical during its transportFranceTransport International
2005-11-25I-192 sealed source stolenItalyORAT s.r.l. Company for industrial non destructive analysis
2005-06-27Potential Loss of Containment Due to Small Crack in TorusUnited States of AmericaFITZPATRICK
2005-05-29Lost Radiographic Exposure DeviceUnited States of AmericaOffshore Lousiana
2005-05-02Potential Radiographer OverexposureUnited States of AmericaHouston
2004-11-29Radioactive orphan source of Eu-152,154Croatianon-nuclear
2004-10-20Unplanned exposure of workersFinlandPorvoo
2004-09-24Loss of an excepted package shipped to SlovakiaFranceTransport International
2004-07-17Loss of an excepted package between Saclay (France) and La Habana (Cuba)FranceTransport International
2004-06-14Theft of two low activity radioactive sources in PalaiseauFranceTransportation/France
2004-06-06Small leakage from Residual Heat Removal System.Czech RepublicTEMELIN-2
2004-05-28Violation of Containment ventilation operation modeSwitzerlandLEIBSTADT
2004-05-28Violation of heat-up rate during restart of reactorSwitzerlandLEIBSTADT
2004-05-16Fire on electric cables in Cattenom-2 NPPFranceCATTENOM-2
2004-03-01Sealed sources stolen from an industrial non destructive test companyItalyI. C. Q. MODI/Massafra (Taranto)
2004-02-23Loss of a type A package between Saclay (France) and Nuremberg (Germany)FranceTransport International
2003-12-23Contamination of Demineralized Water System & Uncontrolled Minor Radioactivity ReleaseSouth KoreaYONGGWANG-5
2003-12-16Process vessel with natural uranium compound found in stainless steel scrapNetherlandsJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek
2003-12-08Incidents of Radioactivity in Consumer ProductsCanadaConsumer Products
2003-12-02Missing Radioactive GaugeUnited States of AmericaGeismar