South America: Argentina

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
07-12-2006INES 1Incidental Exposure during maintenance tasksnon nuclear
31-01-2000INES 1Loss of power of a 220 VAC safety bus barEMBALSE
15-12-2006[N/A]Manual Shutdown at Embalse N.P.PEMBALSE
18-12-1995INES 2PRESSURE TUBE FAILURE AND SMALL LOCA IN EMBALSE NPP AFTER GARTER SPRING INSPECTION AND RELOCATIONEMBALSE
27-09-2004INES 2RADIOACTIVE ORPHANED SOURCES OF CS-137non nuclear
27-08-2015INES 3Radiographer OverexposureRio Turbio, Santa Cruz
01-07-2003INES 1Radiological incident occurred in the fuel element auxiliary pool, involving Co-60 withdrawn from an adjuster unitEMBALSE
17-12-2006INES 0Shutdown due to Tritium increase in reactor roomATUCHA-1
30-06-1996INES 0Slight contamination of potable water due to damage in an auxiliary heat exchanger of the main condenser circuitEMBALSE
16-03-2007INES 0Steam Generator tube leakage at Atucha N.P.PATUCHA-1
16-02-2007INES 0Steam Generator tube leakage at Embalse NPPEMBALSE
08-01-1996INES 0SUDDEN OPENING OF SAFETY STEAM VALVES DURING A ROUTINE TEST OF THE ECCS CONTROL LOGIC, WITHOUT ANY SAFETY-RELATED CONSEQUENCESEMBALSE
15-12-2007INES 0TURBINE TRIP AND MANUAL SCRAM DURING NORMALIZATION OF A HEAT EXCHANGER OF THE MAIN OUTPUT TRANSFORMERATUCHA-1
01-09-2005INES 2Worker overexposure during maintenanceATUCHA-1