Europe

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
13-06-2012INES 2Irradiation of a worker while handling an Iridium 192 sourceFos-sur-Mer, France
09-05-2012INES 2Discovery of orphan source in a steel millAlcal, Spain
19-04-2012INES 2Worker overexposureGreek Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC), Greece
05-04-2012INES 1Fire and abnormal primary circuit leak occured at Penly NPP n°2 reactorPENLY-2, France
23-02-2012INES 1Am-241 source meltingOutokumpu Tornio Works, Finland
20-02-2012[n/a]Spillage from water pipe in the room with nuclear materialsInstitute for Nuclear Sciences Vinca, Serbia
09-01-2012INES 2Overexposure of a worker in a lead foundrylead foundry TRIANGL s.r.o. at Hrob, Czech Republic
22-12-2011INES 1Start of a fire in decontamination machine of former nuclear manufacturing plant of Bosco Marengo (AL) under decommissioningBosco Marengo (AL), Italy
21-12-2011INES 2Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning a pipe nonconformity in two Cattenom NPP fuel storage poolsCATTENOM-2 and 3, France
04-10-2011INES 2Contamination of workers during inspectionBelgoprocess, Belgium
04-10-2011INES 1Hazardous manipulation of a lightning rod with Ra-226Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
28-09-2011INES 1Found radioactive sourcePraha, Czech Republic
13-09-2011INES 1Melting of Orphan SourceDuferco - la Louvière, Belgium
12-09-2011INES 1Explosion and fire at Centraco CENTRACO waste processing and conditioning plantCENTRACO (Codolet, France), France
14-06-2011INES 4Overexposure of workers at irradiation facility - follow upGamma Irradiation facility, town of Stamboliysky, Bulgaria
18-03-2011INES 2Inadequate setting of the auxiliary feedwater turbopumpDOEL-4, Belgium
16-02-2011INES 2Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning back-up diesel generators at Tricastin nuclear power plantTRICASTIN-3, France
02-12-2010INES 2Several mine workers overexposed by X-raysBoliden Mineral, Gällivare, Sweden
05-11-2010INES 1Lost or stolen sources containing Co-60 Closed Iron foundry in Town Lublin , Poland
16-09-2010INES 2Radiography overexposureInspecta Oy/Kotka, Finland
31-08-2010INES 2Exposure of a worker in excess of statutory annual dose limitsLEIBSTADT, Switzerland
20-07-2010INES 2Co-60 orphan source discovered in a container of metal scraps in the Genova PortGenova port, Italy
26-05-2010INES 2Contamination of 6 workers during the recovery of a gammagraphy Co-60 sourceindustrial radiography, France
23-04-2010INES 2Worker overexposure CHINON-B4, France
01-12-2009INES 2Shutdown of Cruas unit 4 after heat sink incidentCRUAS-4, France
06-10-2009INES 2Failure in fissile material accountabilityCADARACHE, France
03-08-2009INES 2Exposure of two workers in excess of statutory annual dose limitsBEZNAU-2, Switzerland
27-07-2009INES 3Overexposure in the field radiographyROil refinery, Gdansk, Poland
29-06-2009INES 2Introduction of potentially moderating material to fuel routeDUNGENESS-B1 UNIT A, United Kingdom
16-05-2009INES 1Person contaminatedRadioisotope Centre POLATOM/Otwock-Swierk, Poland