Europe: France

▸ Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
19-11-2012INES 2loss of a package containing medical radioactive fluorine, during a transport operation in NimesNîmes University Hospital
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
05-04-2012INES 1Fire and abnormal primary circuit leak occured at Penly NPP n°2 reactorPENLY-2
21-12-2011INES 2Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning a pipe nonconformity in two Cattenom NPP fuel storage poolsCATTENOM-2 and 3
12-09-2011INES 1Explosion and fire at Centraco CENTRACO waste processing and conditioning plantCENTRACO (Codolet, France)
16-02-2011INES 2Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning back-up diesel generators at Tricastin nuclear power plantTRICASTIN-3
26-05-2010INES 2Contamination of 6 workers during the recovery of a gammagraphy Co-60 sourceindustrial radiography
23-04-2010INES 2Worker overexposure CHINON-B4
01-12-2009INES 2Shutdown of Cruas unit 4 after heat sink incidentCRUAS-4
06-10-2009INES 2Failure in fissile material accountabilityCADARACHE
03-03-2009INES 2Non-respect of a safety-criticality requirement at AREVA NC Melox facility (Marcoule)MELOX Fuel process plant
07-10-2008INES 2Cobalt-60 contaminated elevator buttons sold abroad by a French companyMetallic products manufacturer
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)
12-03-2008INES 3Worker over exposureToulouse
15-06-2007INES 2Irradiation incident of a radiation therapistHospital
06-11-2006INES 2Operation outside limits and conditions at a former MOX facilityCADARACHE
01-12-2006INES 1Multiple non compliance during a transportTransport International
01-09-2006INES 1Lost excepted package between France and AustriaTransport International
05-07-2006INES 1Loss of a type A packageTransport International
12-05-2006INES 1Lost radiopharmaceutical during its transportTransport International
09-12-2005INES 2Anomaly on safety pumps of 900 MW reactorsAll NPP - generic
10-03-2005INES 2Overexposure of a worker at the Frederic Joliot hospital section in Orsay (91)Hospital
26-07-2004INES 2Worker injured and contaminated at the French MOX processing plant MELOXMELOX Fuel process plant
24-09-2004INES 1Loss of an excepted package shipped to SlovakiaTransport International
09-09-2004INES 0Loss of a type A package in FranceTransportation/France
17-07-2004INES 1Loss of an excepted package between Saclay (France) and La Habana (Cuba)Transport International
14-06-2004INES 1Theft of two low activity radioactive sources in PalaiseauTransportation/France
16-05-2004INES 1Fire on electric cables in Cattenom-2 NPPCATTENOM-2
09-03-2004INES 2Generic anomaly on some power supply boxes of the French pressurised water reactorsAll NPP - generic
23-02-2004INES 1Loss of a type A package between Saclay (France) and Nuremberg (Germany)Transport International