Europe

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
02-10-1998INES 2Switch off of a protection device during periodic inspectionPHEBUS, France
05-02-1997INES 1Supposedly empty shipping containers found to contain nuclear materialENUSA, Spain
24-11-2000INES 2Successive events in operation during reactor restartTRICASTIN-3, France
20-01-1993INES 2SUB-COOLING OF THE REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM DURING A TESTPALUEL-2, France
06-03-2023INES 2Stress corrosion: presence of a deep crack on the safety injection system of reactor 1 of the Penly NPPPENLY-1, France
06-03-2015INES 1Stolen radioactive sourcesPoznan, Poland
14-04-2017INES 1Stolen gamma densitometerSouth of France / Valérian Company, France
03-09-2012INES 1Stolen and lately recovered intact radioactive sourceSofia, Bulgaria
20-08-1997INES 2Sticking of one control rod during reactor protection actuation after the turbine control system's testPAKS-3, Hungary
06-04-1996INES 2Sticking of a control rod cluster during reactor scramBELLEVILLE-1, France
05-02-1992[N/A]STEAM LEAK AT HIGH PRESSURE TURBINE CAPKRSKO, Slovenia
10-05-1993INES 0STEAM GENERATOR TUBE LEAKKRSKO, Slovenia
03-10-1994INES 2STEAM GENERATOR SAFETY VALVES WERE NOT FUNCTIONING ACCORDING TO SPECIFICATIONSRINGHALS-2, Sweden
22-12-2011INES 1Start of a fire in decontamination machine of former nuclear manufacturing plant of Bosco Marengo (AL) under decommissioningBosco Marengo (AL), Italy
14-03-2008INES 1Stainless steel coils contaminated by Cobalt 60Other, Italy
21-04-1996INES 1Spurious signal for actuation of the ESFAS caused by human errorDUKOVANY-3, Czech Republic
18-09-1990INES 2SPURIOUS ACTUATION OF 2 MAIN SAFETY VALVES OUT OF TWELVEIGNALINA-1, Lithuania
07-07-2008INES 1Spillage of uranium-bearing effluents into the environment at the SOCATRI nuclear facility (Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (Drôme), France)SOCATRI Bollène (Vaucluse), France
11-04-1999INES 2Spillage of radioactive materialsBNFL, Sellafield, United Kingdom
03-02-1997INES 2Spillage of active liquorBNFL, Sellafield, United Kingdom
20-02-2012[n/a]Spillage from water pipe in the room with nuclear materialsInstitute for Nuclear Sciences Vinca, Serbia
21-05-2008[N/A]Small traces of explosives found in a security checkpoint near a NPPOSKARSHAMN-2, Sweden
02-01-1993INES 1SMALL STEAM LEAK FROM THE MAIN FLANGE OF THE PRIMARY COOLANT PUMP NO. 4KOZLODUY-2, Bulgaria
14-09-1991INES 1SMALL STEAM LEAK FROM THE MAIN FALNGE OF THE PRIMARY COOLANT PUMP NO. 6KOZLODUY-4, Bulgaria
09-11-1997INES 0Small short-term fire in the switchboard in the NPP DukovanyDUKOVANY-1, Czech Republic
28-07-1998INES 0Small short-term fire in the electric rectifier in the NPP DukovanyDUKOVANY-1, Czech Republic
09-07-1995[N/A]SMALL SCALE FIRE IN THE SWITCHGEAR FOR THE SECONDARY CIRCUIT DURING SHUTDOWNDUKOVANY-1, Czech Republic
13-12-1995INES 0SMALL RADIOACTIVITY RELEASEKRSKO, Slovenia
23-02-1995INES 0SMALL LEAKAGE OF PRIMARY COOLANT AT NPP BIBLIS, UNIT BBIBLIS-B, Germany
06-06-2004INES 1Small leakage from Residual Heat Removal System.TEMELIN-2, Czech Republic