Europe

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
27-06-2000INES 2Error in operating rules leading to safety injection system unavailabilityDAMPIERRE-1, France
17-08-2000INES 1Water leakages at Loviisa-1 NPP unit from the fuel loading pool on 17 and 18 August 2000 during the annual maintenance outageLOVIISA-1, Finland
27-08-2000INES 1Increase in the gamma background in front of the reactor building of unit 3KOZLODUY-3, Bulgaria
09-09-2000INES 0Beloyarsk NPP Unit 3 scram due to events in the operation of the Urals power systemBELOYARSKY-3(BN-600), Russian Federation
19-09-2000INES 1Unshielded Cs-137 source found in metal scrapJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek, Netherlands
29-09-2000INES 1Loss of a radioactive package containing a small amount of depleted uraniumSICN COMPANY, France
06-10-2000[N/A]Fire at Dukovany NPPDUKOVANY-1, Czech Republic
16-10-2000INES 1Flooding event at the EUREX facilityEUREX, Italy
13-11-2000INES 1Loss of a radioactive Type-A package containing 30,8 GBq of Thallium 201 between Paris-Roissy (France) and Budapest (Hungary) airportsCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL, France
24-11-2000INES 2Successive events in operation during reactor restartTRICASTIN-3, France
28-11-2000INES 1Loss of a radioactive package between Roissy (France) and Athens (Greece) airportsCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL, France
04-12-2000INES 1Loss of a radioactive package between Orange (84-France) and Thrion-Gardals (28-France)SAPHYMO, France
28-12-2000INES 1Radioactive source found in scrap recycling facility in GreeceHELLENIC STEEL PRODUCTION CO., Greece
12-03-2001INES 2Risk of recirculation system valves becoming jammed in 5 NPPsBELLEVILLE-1, France
02-04-2001INES 2Wrong positioning of fuel assemblies in the reactor vessel during refuelling operationsDAMPIERRE-4, France
04-04-2001INES 1Discovery of an Interlock Defeat applied to the Fuelling Machine d/P/dT Protection system without applicationDUNGENESS-B1 UNIT A, United Kingdom
11-04-2001INES 1Shut down of Rovno NPP unit 2 because of fall of a crane's boomROVNO-2, Ukraine
15-05-2001INES 0Fan belt catching fire in the auxiliary building without consequencesTIHANGE-1, Belgium
20-06-2001INES 1Incorrect calculation of an algorithm in overload protection devices for local power distribution at Ringhals 2 NPP.RINGHALS-2, Sweden
22-06-2001INES 0Fire in the A110/2 cable corridorPAKS-2, Hungary
30-06-2001INES 1Unauthorized dismantling of a furnace containing Co-60 radioactive sourcesS.C. Forever/ Calan, Romania
03-07-2001INES 2Unshielded strontium-90 source found at scrapyardJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek, Netherlands
10-07-2001INES 2Contamination of workers during dismantling of alpha dry glove boxesNUCLEAR RESEARCH INST., REZ, Czech Republic
19-07-2001INES 1Underdimensioned rupture disc installed in the FILTRA-systemBARSEBECK-2, Sweden
09-08-2001INES 1New equipment with CO-60 in steel flanges in non-nuclear research instituteSCRAPYARD, Netherlands
10-08-2001INES 2Plant start up with too low levels in the borated water storage tanksPHILIPPSBURG-2, Germany
27-08-2001INES 2Boron concentration below specification in borated water storage tanks of 3 out of 4 ECCS trainsPHILIPPSBURG-2, Germany
09-10-2001INES 1Iridium source lost in a stolen vanBINCH, Belgium
15-10-2001INES 2Cobalt-60 contaminated steel slabs sent to Italian shipyard from a foundry in MacedoniaSHIPYARDS, Italy
29-11-2001INES 1Loss of radioactive source Cs-137 included in a Beckman deviceCERNAVODA-1, Romania