Europe

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
07-05-2009INES 2Incident at Irradiation FacilitySTERIGENICS - Fleurus, Belgium
23-01-2009INES 2Radioactive contamination spread from release of ventilation duct condensate at SellafieldSellafield Ltd, Cumbria, United Kingdom
04-05-2009INES 2Drop out of a SPND from transport container into the reactor hall during outagePAKS-4, Hungary
03-03-2009INES 2Non-respect of a safety-criticality requirement at AREVA NC Melox facility (Marcoule)MELOX Fuel process plant, France
07-10-2008INES 2Cobalt-60 contaminated elevator buttons sold abroad by a French companyMetallic products manufacturer, France
01-08-2008INES 3Overexposure of a workerTarragona, Spain
28-08-2008INES 1Radiation Worker Skin OverexposureCovidien, Mallinckrodt Medical B.V., Petten, Netherlands
25-08-2008INES 3Iodine-131 release in the environmentIRE-Fleurus, Belgium
03-08-2008INES 1Incident involving radioactive material at IAEA safeguards laboratoryIAEA Safeguards Seibersdorf Laboratory, Austria
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
07-07-2008INES 1Deterioration of the containment depression of unit 1 during an air locking operation for maintenance activitiesPAKS-1, Hungary
04-06-2008INES 0Unidentified leakage from the primary circuit in excess of TS limitKRSKO, Slovenia
30-05-2008INES 1Fast stop of the main circulation pumps and simultaneous loss of their fly wheel systems during reactor scram.OLKILUOTO-1, Finland
21-05-2008[N/A]Small traces of explosives found in a security checkpoint near a NPPOSKARSHAMN-2, Sweden
12-03-2008INES 3Worker over exposureToulouse, France
04-04-2008INES 2RADIACTIVE PARTICLES FOUNDED IN ASCÓ NPP SITEASCO-1, Spain
14-03-2008INES 1Stainless steel coils contaminated by Cobalt 60Other, Italy
10-09-2007INES 0Ladies handbags with buckles containing Co-60Customs Office Maasvlakte; Bosporustraat 5; NL-3199 LJ;Rotterdam Maasvlakte, Netherlands
22-10-2007INES 3Potential Radiographer OverexposuresSGS TECNOS,S.A., Spain
15-06-2007INES 2Irradiation incident of a radiation therapistHospital, France
21-12-2006INES 0Ladies handbags with buckles containing Co-60Customs Office Maasvlakte; Bosporustraat 5; NL-3199 LJ;Rotterdam Maasvlakte, Netherlands
06-03-2007INES 1Reactor Scram due to Inadvertent Opening of Multiple SRV’sLEIBSTADT, Switzerland
12-02-2007INES 1Radioactive source (Cs-137) found at a scrap yardJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek, Netherlands
06-11-2006INES 2Operation outside limits and conditions at a former MOX facilityCADARACHE, France
01-12-2006INES 1Multiple non compliance during a transportTransport International, France
25-07-2006INES 1INES-rating due to earlier event at Forsmark 1 - Two emergency DG did not start when the unit was disconnected from the ordinary off-site gridFORSMARK-2, Sweden
05-10-2006INES 2Unavailabilty of containment cooling fansDOEL-1, Belgium
01-09-2006INES 1Lost excepted package between France and AustriaTransport International, France
25-07-2006INES 2Two emergency dieselgenerators did not start when the unit was disconnected from the ordinary off site grid.FORSMARK-1, Sweden
24-07-2006INES 2Lost of type A radioactive package during transport from Brussels to BucharestInternational Transport, Romania