Europe

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
12-01-2004INES 2Cs137 shielded radioactive source smelted in metal recycling facilityAcciaierie Beltrame, metal recycling facility, Vicenza, Italy
09-05-2012INES 2Discovery of orphan source in a steel millAlcal, Spain
31-12-2003INES 2Anomaly on the water recirculation circuits of French pressurised water reactorsAll NPP - generic, France
09-03-2004INES 2Generic anomaly on some power supply boxes of the French pressurised water reactorsAll NPP - generic, France
09-12-2005INES 2Anomaly on safety pumps of 900 MW reactorsAll NPP - generic, France
24-12-1993INES 0FIRE IN ELECTRIC TRANSFORMERALMARAZ-1, Spain
04-12-1994INES 0LEAKAGE IN MANUAL VALVE INTO TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONSALMARAZ-1, Spain
17-01-1997INES 1Slow insertion of control rodsALMARAZ-2, Spain
12-10-2012INES 1Radioactive gauge, lost and foundAluminium SA, Greece
31-01-2019INES 2Overexposure of a worker (nuclear medicine department of a hospital, hands exposure)Angers Hospital, France
05-05-2022INES 2Exposure of industrial radiographerAntwerp Region, Belgium
31-10-2022INES 2Exposure of a worker in excess of the statutory dose limitAperam Stainless Steel France, France
26-09-2012INES 2ASN decided to uprate as level 2 on the INES scale an event related to non-compliance with the requirements applicable to labelling, storage and on-site transfer of wet fissile materialsAREVA-FBFC, France
20-05-2015INES 1Orphan source foundAS Bosfor DOOEL Skopje-Metal Scrap Yard, The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
12-07-1996INES 1Degradation of essential service water (ES'W) for a year due to a defficient design modificationASCO-1, Spain
04-04-2008INES 2RADIACTIVE PARTICLES FOUNDED IN ASCÓ NPP SITEASCO-1, Spain
14-03-2015INES 1Found category 4 source, shutter of the source container partly openAustrian-Italian border station, Austria
06-07-1992INES 1FAILURE OF TWO DIESEL GENERATORS WHILE ROUTINE TESTING DURING UNIT MAINTENANCEBALAKOVO-2, Russian Federation
04-03-1992INES 0UNIT SHUTDOWN DUE TO FIRE IN THE 6 KV SWITCHGEAR ROOMBALAKOVO-3, Russian Federation
26-08-1994INES 1MISSING LUBRICATION GREASE TO THE ECC SYSTEM'S CORE SPRAY PUMPSBARSEBECK-1, Sweden
28-09-1994INES 1PROTECTION SYSTEM FOR INITIATING BLOW DOWN NOT COMPLETELY REESTABLISHED AFTER REFUELLING OUTAGEBARSEBECK-1, Sweden
10-07-1995INES 1UNINTENTIONAL RELEASE TO THE SEA OF A MINOR AMOUNT OF SLIGHTLYCONTAMINATED WATERBARSEBECK-1, Sweden
19-07-2001INES 1Underdimensioned rupture disc installed in the FILTRA-systemBARSEBECK-2, Sweden
08-09-1991INES 1INADVERTENT STEAM RELEASE INTO THE REACTOR HALL DUE TO STOP OF PUMP IN RESIDUAL HEAT REMOVAL SYSTEMBARSEBECK-2, Sweden
28-07-1992INES 2CLOGGED PUMP SUCTION STRAINERS IN THE WET WELL POOLBARSEBECK-2, Sweden
12-10-1993INES 1IMPENETRABILITY TEST OF CONTAINMENT NOT APPROVEDBARSEBECK-2, Sweden
31-08-1994INES 1LEAKING ISOLATION VALVES IN THE EMERGENCY CORE COOLING SYSTEMBARSEBECK-2, Sweden
12-06-1996INES 1Degraded pressure subpression (PS) functionBARSEBECK-2, Sweden
25-05-1999INES 2Temporary Loss of the seawater cooling systemsBARSEBECK-2, Sweden
16-01-2014INES 1One radioactive source containing Co-60 lost or stolenbeaverboard manufacturer, Koniecpol, Śląskie regio, Poland