Laka Foundation

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INES 2: Incident

Impact on People and Environment:
  • Exposure of a member of the public in excess of 10 mSv.
  • Exposure of a worker in excess of the statutory annual limits.
Impact on Radiological Barriers and Control:
  • Radiation levels in an operating area of more than 50 mSv/h.
  • Significant contamination within the facility into an area not expected by design.
Impact on Defence-in-Depth:
  • Significant failures in safety ­provisions but with no actual ­consequences.
  • Found highly radioactive sealed orphan source, device or transport package with safety provisions intact.
  • Inadequate packaging of a highly radioactive sealed source.
▸ Legenda & explanation
date title location 
2002-05-23LOSS AND RECOVERY OF SEALED SOURCEUnited States of AmericaHavre
2002-04-24Lost Iridium-192 SourceUnited States of AmericaBirmingham
2002-04-10Overexposure in Excess of Regulatory LimitsUnited States of AmericaHouston, Texas
2002-03-11Localised High Dose Rates on the Underside of a Radioactive Material Transport PackageUnited KingdomUK Transport Event
2002-03-11Consequential failure of Fuelling Machine Interlock at Buffer Storage TubeUnited KingdomHEYSHAM-1 UNIT A
2002-01-21Partial loss of the command and control system in Flamanville NPPFranceFLAMANVILLE-2
2002-01-18Radiactive source Ir-192 lost in GreeceGreeceLARISA
2001-11-29Potential Common Cause Failure of Auxiliary FeedwaterUnited States of AmericaPOINT BEACH 1&2
2001-10-15Cobalt-60 contaminated steel slabs sent to Italian shipyard from a foundry in MacedoniaItalySHIPYARDS
2001-08-27Boron concentration below specification in borated water storage tanks of 3 out of 4 ECCS trainsGermanyPHILIPPSBURG-2
2001-08-10Plant start up with too low levels in the borated water storage tanksGermanyPHILIPPSBURG-2
2001-07-10Contamination of workers during dismantling of alpha dry glove boxesCzech RepublicNUCLEAR RESEARCH INST., REZ
2001-07-03Unshielded strontium-90 source found at scrapyardNetherlandsJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek
2001-04-02Wrong positioning of fuel assemblies in the reactor vessel during refuelling operationsFranceDAMPIERRE-4
2001-03-12Risk of recirculation system valves becoming jammed in 5 NPPsFranceBELLEVILLE-1
2000-11-24Successive events in operation during reactor restartFranceTRICASTIN-3
2000-09-11Finding of abandoned radioactive source in the streetPeruPERU radiation source
2000-06-27Error in operating rules leading to safety injection system unavailabilityFranceDAMPIERRE-1
2000-06-20Missing sealed source CS-137 of 73 mCiIndiaHYDERABAD MNJ
1999-12-28Partial loss of safeguards systems as a result of external floodingFranceBLAYAIS-1
1999-11-27Loss of reactor coolant system inventoryUnited States of AmericaWATERFORD-3
1999-11-19Discovery of a crack in boiler superheater penetrationUnited KingdomDUNGENESS-B2 UNIT B
1999-10-18Incorrectly packaged radioactive sourcesUnited KingdomBNFL, Sellafield
1999-09-02Inadvertent plutonium shipment from Belgium to United KingdomBelgiumIRMM, Geel
1999-08-31Reactor trip wth complicationsUnited States of AmericaINDIAN POINT-2
1999-07-23Exposure to radiation from a fixed gauge in New Waterford Nova ScotiaCanadaCAPE BRETON (DEVCO)
1999-07-17Workers exposure exceeding a statutory annual dose limitUkraineCHERNOBYL-3
1999-06-18Criticality accident during periodic inspectionJapanSHIKA-1
1999-05-26Plutonium uptake at Chalk River FacilitiesCanadaCHALK RIVER LABORATORIES
1999-05-25Temporary Loss of the seawater cooling systemsSwedenBARSEBECK-2