Laka Foundation

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INES 2: Incident

Impact on People and Environment:
  • Exposure of a member of the public in excess of 10 mSv.
  • Exposure of a worker in excess of the statutory annual limits.
Impact on Radiological Barriers and Control:
  • Radiation levels in an operating area of more than 50 mSv/h.
  • Significant contamination within the facility into an area not expected by design.
Impact on Defence-in-Depth:
  • 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.
▸ Legenda & explanation
date title location 
2004-10-31Overexposure of RadiographerUnited States of AmericaPasadena
2008-11-04Overexposure of field radiography workersSouth KoreaArgus/ Yeosu, South Korea
2002-10-18Overexposure of an Industrial RadiographerUnited States of AmericaGhent, Kentucky
2019-09-20Overexposure of a worker while performing industrial radiographySpainVictoria-Control and Inspection Services
2012-01-09Overexposure of a worker in a lead foundryCzech Republiclead foundry TRIANGL s.r.o. at Hrob
1995-10-19OVEREXPOSURE OF A WORKER AT THE RESEARCH REACTOR R2-0 IN STUDSVIK AT UPPSALA UNIVERSITY'S NEUTRON RESEARCH FACILITYSwedenR2 STUDSVIK
2005-03-10Overexposure of a worker at the Frederic Joliot hospital section in Orsay (91)FranceHospital
2019-01-31Overexposure of a worker (nuclear medicine department of a hospital, hands exposure)FranceAngers Hospital
2012-10-05Overexposure of a workerBelgiumIRM group sa - Alleur
2013-02-28Overexposure of a workerFinlandJyväskylä
2015-01-28Overexposure of a workerPolandNational Centre for Nuclear Research
2018-03-14Overexposure of a workerFinlandVeterinary clinic in Tampere
2019-04-24Overexposure of a workerFranceEiffage Energie Systeme – Clevia Ouest
2017-10-20Overexposure of a radiologists (hands exposure)FranceHospital Delafontaine - Saint Denis (Paris region)
2012-09-19Overexposure of a radiographerBelgiumStork Technical Service
2016-10-19Overexposure of a member of the publicTurkeySakarya province
2013-05-02Overexposure of 4 persons exceeding the statutory annual whole body dose limit for workers (20 mSv)AustriaNuclear Engineering Seiberdorf, Univ. Innsbruck
2002-04-10Overexposure in Excess of Regulatory LimitsUnited States of AmericaHouston, Texas
1993-02-12OVEREREXPOSURE OF A RADIOGRAPHY INSPECTOR AS A RESULT OF A WOUNDUnited KingdomBNFL, Sellafield
2016-10-19Overdose to Nuclear PharmacistUnited States of AmericaPortland, Oregon/Petnet Solutions
1996-07-24Over-exposure of one worker during the industrial radiography activitiesIranGILAN
2011-10-28Over Exposure to RadiographerUnited States of AmericaWyalusing, Pennsylvania
2011-05-30Over exposure of workers beyond annual regulatory limitIndiaKAKRAPAR-2
2017-02-05Over Exposure of an Operator From a Puncture Wound During Work in an Active GloveboxUnited KingdomSellafield
2002-07-24Over exposure of a worker while performing radiographyIndiaOther
2020-07-31Organ equivalent dose exceeding statuary annual limitsGermanyCompany for measuring techniques, Bavaria
2006-11-06Operation outside limits and conditions at a former MOX facilityFranceCADARACHE
1996-11-21Operation of unit with insufficient containment functionNetherlandsBORSSELE
2003-08-07One unshielded and two shielded Cs-137 radioactive sources found at a scrap yardNetherlandsJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek
1996-11-01One of the emergency core cooling systems - the core spray system - was unavailable at Oskarshamn-2SwedenOSKARSHAMN-2