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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 
2009-05-07Incident at Irradiation FacilityBelgiumSTERIGENICS - Fleurus
2009-05-04Drop out of a SPND from transport container into the reactor hall during outageHungaryPAKS-4
2009-03-03Non-respect of a safety-criticality requirement at AREVA NC Melox facility (Marcoule)FranceMELOX Fuel process plant
2009-02-03Overexposure to WorkerUnited States of AmericaPerma-Fix
2009-01-23Radioactive contamination spread from release of ventilation duct condensate at SellafieldUnited KingdomSellafield Ltd, Cumbria
2008-12-18Non-Radiation Worker OverexposureUnited States of AmericaDelek Refining
2008-11-04Overexposure of field radiography workersSouth KoreaArgus/ Yeosu, South Korea
2008-10-23Unsuitable management of Bakelite plates containing radioactive materialsJapanBunkyo-city, Tokyo
2008-10-07Cobalt-60 contaminated elevator buttons sold abroad by a French companyFranceMetallic products manufacturer
2008-09-29Radiographer Overexposure to ExtremityUnited States of AmericaMetco
2008-09-11Radiation Overexposure of a WorkerJapanS.H.I.Examination & Inspection Ltd / Ehime prefecture
2008-09-02Radiographer OverexposureUnited States of AmericaArdmore
2008-04-04RADIACTIVE PARTICLES FOUNDED IN ASCÓ NPP SITESpainASCO-1
2008-03-04Potential Industrial Radiographer OverexposureUnited States of AmericaTeam Industrial Services
2007-09-14Potential Radiographer OverexposuresUnited States of AmericaMetco
2007-08-26Loss of Industrial Gamma Radiography Exposure Device (IGRED) containing Ir-192 radiography sourceIndiaIndustrial Radiography
2007-07-24Displacement of fuel plates from their normal position in fuel assemblies during normal operation of research reactorAustraliaOPAL Research Reactor
2007-06-15Irradiation incident of a radiation therapistFranceHospital
2007-04-25Loss of Industrial Gamma Radiography Exposure Device (IGRED) containing Ir-192 radiography sourceIndiaIndustrial Radiography
2007-02-28Potential Overexposures to Members of the PublicUnited States of AmericaOklahoma City
2007-01-20Potential Radiographer Extremity OverexposureUnited States of AmericaConam Inspection / Philadelphia
2006-11-09Overexposure to 15 members of the publicUnited States of AmericaHi-Desert PET & Nuclear Medicine Imaging Center / Victorville
2006-11-06Operation outside limits and conditions at a former MOX facilityFranceCADARACHE
2006-11-06Loss of Industrial Gamma Radiography Exposure Device (IGRED) containing Ir-192 radiography sourceIndiaIndustrial Radiography
2006-11-01Worker OverexposureUnited States of AmericaPacific EcoSolutions
2006-10-05Unavailabilty of containment cooling fansBelgiumDOEL-1
2006-09-27Radiography OverexposureUnited States of AmericaHumble
2006-07-25Two emergency dieselgenerators did not start when the unit was disconnected from the ordinary off site grid.SwedenFORSMARK-1
2006-07-24Lost of type A radioactive package during transport from Brussels to BucharestRomaniaInternational Transport
2006-06-02Potential Radiography OverexposureUnited States of AmericaLake Charles