date  | INES | title | location |
| 11-11-1996 | INES 0 | Small leak in one steam generator | KOZLODUY-6, Bulgaria |
| 01-11-1996 | INES 2 | One of the emergency core cooling systems - the core spray system - was unavailable at Oskarshamn-2 | OSKARSHAMN-2, Sweden |
| 08-10-1996 | INES 0 | Reactor trip due to short circuit on the high-voltage line | ARMENIA-2, Armenia |
| 06-10-1996 | INES 1 | Scram of the reactor caused by a wrong operation of the control room operator | DUKOVANY-4, Czech Republic |
| 04-10-1996 | INES 2 | Emergency water/reheater drains distribution header damage inside the steam generators | POINT LEPREAU, Canada |
| 14-09-1996 | INES 0 | Blockage of sea water screen by jellyfish | ULCHIN-2, South Korea |
| 19-08-1996 | INES 0 | RCIC turbine insulation fire | CLINTON-1, United States of America |
| 14-08-1996 | INES 0 | Reactor trip caused by blown fuses | KRSKO, Slovenia |
| 13-08-1996 | INES 1 | Water leak into a hot cell at the Studsvik research establishment | Studsvik Nuclear AB, Sweden |
| 11-08-1996 | INES 0 | Manual shutdown for repairing of main condenser tube | ULCHIN-1, South Korea |
| 07-08-1996 | INES 0 | Manual shutdown for repairing the steam generator tube leak | YONGGWANG-2, South Korea |
| 05-08-1996 | INES 1 | Release of iodine-131 from 131 production plant of nuclear chemistry division Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology | PINSTEC, Pakistan |
| 03-08-1996 | [N/A] | Rupture of a freon storage tank | CERNAVODA-1, Romania |
| 24-07-1996 | INES 1 | On-site radioactive contamination | KHMELNITSKI-1, Ukraine |
| 24-07-1996 | INES 2 | Over-exposure of one worker during the industrial radiography activities | GILAN, Iran |
| 18-07-1996 | INES 1 | Erroneous line-up before start-up of vent pipe valves to the scrubber system | FORSMARK-1, Sweden |
| 12-07-1996 | INES 1 | Degradation of essential service water (ES'W) for a year due to a defficient design modification | ASCO-1, Spain |
| 12-07-1996 | INES 0 | Manual shutdown for repairing the fueling machine | WOLSONG-3, South Korea |
| 10-07-1996 | INES 0 | Reactor trip due to the malfunction of optical isolator | YONGGWANG-4, South Korea |
| 08-07-1996 | INES 1 | Violation of limts and conditions - a late test of spray pumps | DUKOVANY-4, Czech Republic |
| 30-06-1996 | INES 0 | Slight contamination of potable water due to damage in an auxiliary heat exchanger of the main condenser circuit | EMBALSE, Argentina |
| 28-06-1996 | INES 0 | Radioactive contamination in the reactor hall | CHERNOBYL-1, Ukraine |
| 19-06-1996 | INES 0 | Reactor trip due to the malfunction of optical isolator | YONGGWANG-4, South Korea |
| 18-06-1996 | INES 0 | Reactor trip due to steam generator level low-low signal | KORI-2, South Korea |
| 16-06-1996 | INES 0 | Fire incident in boiler room | KANUPP, Pakistan |
| 12-06-1996 | INES 1 | Degraded pressure subpression (PS) function | BARSEBECK-2, Sweden |
| 24-05-1996 | INES 1 | Failure to replace horizontal flux detector shielding after maintenance | POINT LEPREAU, Canada |
| 21-05-1996 | [N/A] | Injuries in the NPP Dukovany non-related to nuclear and radiation safety | DUKOVANY-1, Czech Republic |
| 16-05-1996 | INES 1 | Disturbance of forced reactor coolant circulation in cold shutdown condition | KOZLODUY-5, Bulgaria |
| 15-05-1996 | INES 1 | Small leak of radioactive water from auxiliary building no. 2 | KOZLODUY-3, Bulgaria |