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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 
2023-02-02External contamination of a worker leading to exceeding of the annual statutory dose limitFranceCATTENOM-3
1999-07-23Exposure to radiation from a fixed gauge in New Waterford Nova ScotiaCanadaCAPE BRETON (DEVCO)
2013-10-31Exposure of workers performing industrial radiographySloveniabuilding construction site of thermo PP Šoštanj
2021-11-23Exposure of workers in excess of statutory annual dose limitsSwedenNorrköping
2017-06-06Exposure of Workers at Plutonium Fuel Research FacilityJapanOarai Research and Development Center
2009-08-03Exposure of two workers in excess of statutory annual dose limitsSwitzerlandBEZNAU-2
2022-03-24Exposure of radiographer over annual statutory dose limitHungaryBorsodChem Co. Ltd
2022-05-05Exposure of industrial radiographerBelgiumAntwerp Region
2017-07-25Exposure of airplane passengers due to inadequate use of type B transport packageBelgiumNTP Europe
2021-05-19Exposure of a worker over annual statutory dose limitHungaryHungary
2022-05-25Exposure of a worker in excess of the statutory dose limitUnited KingdomSellafield Ltd. UK
2022-10-31Exposure of a worker in excess of the statutory dose limitFranceAperam Stainless Steel France
2010-08-31Exposure of a worker in excess of statutory annual dose limitsSwitzerlandLEIBSTADT
2013-08-23Exposure of a worker in excess of statutory annual dose limitsFranceLAMA (CEA Grenoble)
2014-04-18Exposure of a worker during radiographic inspectionsFranceDCNS site
1974-08-20EXCESSIVE DEPRESSURIZATION OF THE PRIMARY CIRCUIT DUE TO A PRESSURIZER SAFETY VALVE THAT FAILED TO CLOSESwitzerlandBEZNAU-1
2016-07-13Excessive Deposits of Material Containing Uranium In ScrubberUnited States of AmericaHopkins, SC, USA/Westinghouse Fuel Fabrication Fac
1997-03-07Exceeding the required operating limits, aggravated by safety culture problemsFrancePALUEL-1
2013-05-06Exceeding of the maximum regulatory annual effective dose by a practitioner in interventional radiologyFranceHospital "Institut Mutualiste Montsouris" (Paris)
1990-12-01ESSENTIAL BUS DEENERGIZATIONUkraineSOUTH UKRAINE-1
2000-06-27Error in operating rules leading to safety injection system unavailabilityFranceDAMPIERRE-1
2021-12-08Equivalent dose for extremities (hand) exceeding statuary annual limitsGermanyHospital, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
2002-07-12Engineering Safety Feature Inoperative at Laguna Verde NPP-1MexicoLAGUNA VERDE-1
1996-10-04Emergency water/reheater drains distribution header damage inside the steam generatorsCanadaPOINT LEPREAU
2017-06-20Emergency diesel generators auxiliary systems not compliant with seismic requirements on the 1300 MW reactors (8 sites - 20 reactors)FranceBELLEVILLE-1
2019-05-06Emergency diesel generators - earthquake resistance riskFranceCIVAUX-1
1995-05-01ELEVATED URANIUM LUNG BURDENUnited KingdomBNFL SPRINGFIELDS
2016-08-15Electronic Personal Dosimeter went into Alarm during X-ray Radiography OperationsUnited KingdomSellafield
2009-05-04Drop out of a SPND from transport container into the reactor hall during outageHungaryPAKS-4
1999-03-11Dose to a worker exceeding a statutory annual dose limitFranceTRICASTIN-1