Europe

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
01-03-2004INES 1Sealed sources stolen from an industrial non destructive test companyI. C. Q. MODI/Massafra (Taranto), Italy
23-02-2004INES 1Loss of a type A package between Saclay (France) and Nuremberg (Germany)Transport International, France
12-01-2004INES 2Cs137 shielded radioactive source smelted in metal recycling facilityAcciaierie Beltrame, metal recycling facility, Vicenza, Italy
31-12-2003INES 2Anomaly on the water recirculation circuits of French pressurised water reactorsAll NPP - generic, France
16-12-2003INES 1Process vessel with natural uranium compound found in stainless steel scrapJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek, Netherlands
11-11-2003INES 2Unshielded strontium-90 (Sr-90/Y-90) radioactive source found in metalscrap from NigeriaREUKEMA BLOCQ EN MANESCHIJN B.V., Harderwijk, Netherlands
27-08-2003INES 0Unexpected closure of the main steam line isolation valve caused reactor tripKRSKO, Slovenia
07-08-2003INES 2One unshielded and two shielded Cs-137 radioactive sources found at a scrap yardJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek, Netherlands
16-07-2003INES 2Discovery of a Cs-source in scrapShipment of scrap, Slovenia
11-07-2003INES 2Auto-trip of R21, following trip of Main Boiler Feed Pump, subsequent breach of Gas Circulator 22 Inlet Temp. limitDUNGENESS-B1 UNIT A, United Kingdom
10-04-2003INES 3Incremented radioactivity of the heat carrier during refueling outage at a time of fuel cleaningPAKS-2, Hungary
29-01-2003INES 0Vehicle Stolen containing a density gaugeUK Transport Event, United Kingdom
20-01-2003INES 1Reactor Protection Actuation and safety injectionKOZLODUY-3, Bulgaria
28-11-2002INES 1Improper performance of radiographyWelding Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
22-11-2002INES 2Safety injection during hot shutdown at Tihange 2 unitTIHANGE-2, Belgium
06-08-2002INES 19 Identical Strontium-90 Radioactive Sources Found in Metal Scrap from ArmeniaJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek, Netherlands
05-07-2002INES 1Unshielded Radioactive Source Eu-152 in Metal scrapUzimet BV, Rijswijk ZH, Netherlands
09-04-2002INES 1Damage of a type "A" package during transhipment at Roissy airport (France) between Poland and UkraineRoissy Charles De Gaulle airport, France
11-03-2002INES 2Localised High Dose Rates on the Underside of a Radioactive Material Transport PackageUK Transport Event, United Kingdom
11-03-2002INES 2Consequential failure of Fuelling Machine Interlock at Buffer Storage TubeHEYSHAM-1 UNIT A, United Kingdom
25-02-2002INES 0Shutdown of the plant due to high temperature of the RCP motor bearing.KRSKO, Slovenia
16-02-2002INES 1Site contamination at Khmelnitsky NPPKHMELNITSKI-1, Ukraine
21-01-2002INES 2Partial loss of the command and control system in Flamanville NPPFLAMANVILLE-2, France
18-01-2002INES 1Radioactice source found in a scrap recycling facility in GreeceHalivourgiki / Aspropirgos, Greece
18-01-2002INES 2Radiactive source Ir-192 lost in GreeceLARISA, Greece
02-01-2002INES 3High radiation levels measured on a package containing Iridium-192Studsvik Nuclear AB, Sweden
14-12-2001INES 1DESTRUCTION OF A PIPING INSIDE CONTAINMENTBRUNSBUETTEL, Germany
04-12-2001INES 1Loss of a type "A" package during a road shipment between France and ItalyCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL, France
29-11-2001INES 1Loss of radioactive source Cs-137 included in a Beckman deviceCERNAVODA-1, Romania
15-10-2001INES 2Cobalt-60 contaminated steel slabs sent to Italian shipyard from a foundry in MacedoniaSHIPYARDS, Italy