INES Levels
INES N/A
INES 0
INES 1
INES 2
INES 3
INES 4
INES 5
INES 6
INES 7

INES 1: Anomaly

Impact on Defence-in-Depth
  • Overexposure of a member of the public in excess of statutory ­annual limits.
  • Minor problems with safety components with significant defence-in-depth remaining.
  • Low activity lost or stolen radioactive source, device or transport package.
(Arrangements for reporting minor events to the public differ from country to country. Also, it is difficult to ensure precise consistency in rating events between INES Level-1 and Below scale/Level-0)
Legenda & explanation
date title location 
2012-10-12Radioactive gauge, lost and foundGreeceAluminium SA
2019-01-11Co60 source discovered in a scrap metal deliveryGermanyPort of Hamburg
2001-12-14DESTRUCTION OF A PIPING INSIDE CONTAINMENTGermanyBRUNSBUETTEL
1992-11-01INDICATIONS IN AUSTENITIC PIPING DISCOVERED DURING NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTINGGermanyBRUNSBUETTEL
2004-06-14Theft of two low activity radioactive sources in PalaiseauFranceTransportation/France
2004-02-23Loss of a type A package between Saclay (France) and Nuremberg (Germany)FranceTransport International
2004-07-17Loss of an excepted package between Saclay (France) and La Habana (Cuba)FranceTransport International
2004-09-24Loss of an excepted package shipped to SlovakiaFranceTransport International
2006-05-12Lost radiopharmaceutical during its transportFranceTransport International
2006-07-05Loss of a type A packageFranceTransport International
2006-12-01Multiple non compliance during a transportFranceTransport International
2006-09-01Lost excepted package between France and AustriaFranceTransport International
2000-03-02Loss of a Promethium source (18.5 GBq)FranceTANDEM CONSULTANTS
2017-04-14Stolen gamma densitometerFranceSouth of France / Valérian Company
2008-07-07Spillage of uranium-bearing effluents into the environment at the SOCATRI nuclear facility (Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (Drôme), France)FranceSOCATRI Bollène (Vaucluse)
2000-09-29Loss of a radioactive package containing a small amount of depleted uraniumFranceSICN COMPANY
2000-12-04Loss of a radioactive package between Orange (84-France) and Thrion-Gardals (28-France)FranceSAPHYMO
2002-04-09Damage of a type "A" package during transhipment at Roissy airport (France) between Poland and UkraineFranceRoissy Charles De Gaulle airport
2012-04-05Fire and abnormal primary circuit leak occured at Penly NPP n°2 reactorFrancePENLY-2
1994-08-11OVERFLOW OF A SOLUTION IN THE MAPU WORKSHOP (MEDIUM ACTIVITY PLUTONIM WORKSHOP) AT THE UP2-400 PLANTFranceLA HAGUE
2000-05-03Loss of an iodine-125 sourceFranceCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL
2000-06-07Loss of an Iodine-131 package between France and Spain during air shipmentFranceCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL
2000-11-13Loss of a radioactive Type-A package containing 30,8 GBq of Thallium 201 between Paris-Roissy (France) and Budapest (Hungary) airportsFranceCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL
2000-11-28Loss of a radioactive package between Roissy (France) and Athens (Greece) airportsFranceCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL
2001-12-04Loss of a type "A" package during a road shipment between France and ItalyFranceCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL
2011-09-12Explosion and fire at Centraco CENTRACO waste processing and conditioning plantFranceCENTRACO (Codolet, France)
2004-05-16Fire on electric cables in Cattenom-2 NPPFranceCATTENOM-2
2016-03-07A sealed radioactive Cs-137 source contaminated the premises of waste management companyFinlandwaste management company
2013-11-22Found orphan Cs-137 sourceFinlandTornio, Steel factory
2004-10-20Unplanned exposure of workersFinlandPorvoo