Stichting Laka

INES 2: Incident

• Exposure of a member of the public in excess of 10 mSv.
• Exposure of a worker in excess of the statutory annual limits.

• Radiation levels in an operating area of more than 50 mSv/h.
• Significant contamination within the facility into an area not expected by design.

• Significant failures in safety ­provisions but with no actual ­consequences.
• Found highly radioactive sealed orphan source, device or transport package with safety provisions intact.
• Inadequate packaging of a highly radioactive sealed source.

date	title	location
2021-07-22	Automatic trip of both reactors following loss of off-site electric supplies	United Kingdom	Heysham 1 Power Station
2021-07-22	Automatic trip of both reactors following loss of off-site electric supplies	United Kingdom	Heysham 1 Power Station
2021-07-20	Overexposure of two workers	Spain	OCA ICP, Madrid
2021-05-19	Exposure of a worker over annual statutory dose limit	Hungary	Hungary
2021-03-11	Overexposure to Worker	United States of America	Livingston, Louisiana / EPIC Piping, LLC
2021-01-27	Research reactor power detectors outside OL&C	Belgium	Research Reactor BR2 (SCK CEN)
2020-12-11	Hands skin exposure	United Kingdom	Wales, F-18 Radio-pharmacy
2020-12-08	Radiation exposure of a hospital employee beyond the statuary annual dose limit	Germany	Laboratory for radio-pharmaceutics in Bavaria
2020-10-09	Discovery of legacy radioactive sources and residual contamination	France	University Hospitals of Strasbourg
2020-08-03	Overexposure to Worker	United States of America	Mobile, Alabama / Applied Technical Services, Inc.
2020-07-31	Organ equivalent dose exceeding statuary annual limits	Germany	Company for measuring techniques, Bavaria
2020-07-02	Radiation exposure of a worker beyond the statuary annual dose limit	Germany	Company for X-ray equipment, Bavaria
2020-06-30	Overexposure to Worker	United States of America	Alvin, Texas / Ineos Oligomers Chocolate Bayou
2020-02-11	Internal contamination of a worker in a fuel pellets fabrication workshop	France	Melox - Orano Cycle - Marcoule
2020-01-31	Radiation exposure of a hospital employee beyond the statuary annual dose limit	Germany	Hospital, Bavaria, Germany
2019-12-31	Lens of the eye overexposure to interventionalist radiologist	United Kingdom	United Kingdom, Wales, Hospital
2019-12-31	Radon Exposure at Boarding School	United Kingdom	Kingswood School, Bath
2019-11-29	Overexposure of two workers during radiography	Germany	Company for non-destructive testing
2019-11-16	Potential uncontrolled access to room with radiation greater than 1000 mR / hr	Mexico	LAGUNA VERDE-1
2019-11-15	Radioisotope Manufacture Facility – Operator’s hands contaminated	United Kingdom	England, F-18 Cyclotron Facility
2019-11-12	Loss of liquor from the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo original building primary containment	United Kingdom	Sellafield Site - Magnox Swarf Storage Silo
2019-10-22	Overexposure to worker due to iridium-192 contamination event	United States of America	Albuquerque, New Mexico/ Spectratek
2019-10-08	Non-compliance with OL&C during operations to drain the reactor main primary system	France	GOLFECH-2
2019-09-25	STOLEN DENSITITY GAUGE	Mexico	Reynosa, Tamaulipas
2019-09-20	Overexposure of a worker while performing industrial radiography	Spain	Victoria-Control and Inspection Services
2019-06-21	Hand contamination of radiation workers	Australia	Sydney, ANM Facility, ANSTO Lucas Heights
2019-06-21	Eye contamination with Ga-68 droplet	Switzerland	Radiopharmacy in a hospital
2019-05-10	Auxiliary feedwater system actuation and manual reactor trip due to careless withdrawal of control rods at Hanbit Unit 1	South Korea	HANBIT-1
2019-05-06	Emergency diesel generators - earthquake resistance risk	France	CIVAUX-1
2019-04-24	Overexposure of a worker	France	Eiffage Energie Systeme – Clevia Ouest