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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 
2001-04-02Wrong positioning of fuel assemblies in the reactor vessel during refuelling operationsFranceDAMPIERRE-4
1997-05-02Workers receive dose exceeding statutory annual dose limitSouth AfricaKOEBERG-1
2004-04-22Workers overexposureSpainSGS TECNOS,S.A.
1999-07-17Workers exposure exceeding a statutory annual dose limitUkraineCHERNOBYL-3
1998-11-10Workers exposure during weld testsUkraineZAPOROZHE-3
2005-09-01Worker overexposure during maintenanceArgentinaATUCHA-1
2006-11-01Worker OverexposureUnited States of AmericaPacific EcoSolutions
2009-07-21Worker OverexposureUnited States of AmericaCardinal Health / Beltsville MD
2009-11-12Worker OverexposureUnited States of AmericaOwensby & Kritikos
2010-04-23Worker overexposure FranceCHINON-B4
2011-03-30Worker OverexposureUnited States of AmericaUniversity of Washington, Seattle Washington
2012-04-19Worker overexposureGreeceGreek Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC)
2016-01-27Worker OverexposureUnited States of AmericaTampa, Florida / Cardinal Health
2017-07-21Worker OverexposureUnited States of AmericaJacksonville, Florida / Triad Isotopes Inc.
2017-12-01Worker OverexposureUnited States of AmericaBuford Georgia / Theragenics Corporation
2018-03-14Worker OverexposureUnited States of AmericaBenicia, California / Qualspec, LLC
2018-04-06Worker OverexposureUnited States of AmericaPasadena, Texas / Techcorr USA Management LLC
2015-05-06Worker OverexposureUnited States of AmericaOverland Park, Kansas / DBI, INC.
2004-07-26Worker injured and contaminated at the French MOX processing plant MELOXFranceMELOX Fuel process plant
2023-09-24Worker Exceeded Statuary Annual Whole Body Dose LimitsGermanyMachine Factory, Baden-Württemberg
2021-10-06Worker Exceeded Annual Whole Body Dose LimitUnited States of AmericaPittsburgh, PA / Diamond Technical Services
2022-12-14Worker Exceeded Annual Whole Body Dose LimitUnited States of AmericaDeer Park, TX / Acuren Inspection Inc.
2022-09-30Worker Exceeded Annual Whole Body Dose LimitUnited States of AmericaWaukegan, IL / Vista Medical Center East
2023-09-26Worker Exceeded Annual Whole Body Dose LimitUnited States of AmericaOdessa, TX / Pro Inspection Inc.
2024-02-22Worker Exceeded Annual Extremity Dose LimitUnited States of AmericaAlton, IL / Alton Steel
1991-04-29VIOLATION OF SAFETY REGULATIONS AT A WORKSHOP IN THE FUEL FABRICATION PLANTFrancePIERRELATTE
2017-07-04Uranium accumulation in a glove box air purification systemUnited States of AmericaLynchburg, Virginia / BWX Technologies, INC.
2011-10-01Uranium 233 / 238 Inhalation OverexposureUnited States of AmericaLas Vegas, Nevada / University of Nevada
2008-10-23Unsuitable management of Bakelite plates containing radioactive materialsJapanBunkyo-city, Tokyo
2001-07-03Unshielded strontium-90 source found at scrapyardNetherlandsJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek