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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 
1997-03-07Exceeding the required operating limits, aggravated by safety culture problemsFrancePALUEL-1
2017-11-09Insufficient seismic resistance of emergency diesel generatorsFrancePALUEL-1
2012-11-19loss of a package containing medical radioactive fluorine, during a transport operation in NimesFranceNîmes University Hospital
2008-10-07Cobalt-60 contaminated elevator buttons sold abroad by a French companyFranceMetallic products manufacturer
1999-03-23Theft of a vehicle containing a GAM80 gamma radiography unit (with 80 Ci source)FranceMesnil Amelot
2004-07-26Worker injured and contaminated at the French MOX processing plant MELOXFranceMELOX Fuel process plant
2009-03-03Non-respect of a safety-criticality requirement at AREVA NC Melox facility (Marcoule)FranceMELOX Fuel process plant
2020-02-11Internal contamination of a worker in a fuel pellets fabrication workshopFranceMelox - Orano Cycle - Marcoule
2013-08-23Exposure of a worker in excess of statutory annual dose limitsFranceLAMA (CEA Grenoble)
2010-05-26Contamination of 6 workers during the recovery of a gammagraphy Co-60 sourceFranceindustrial radiography
2017-10-20Overexposure of a radiologists (hands exposure)FranceHospital Delafontaine - Saint Denis (Paris region)
2013-05-06Exceeding of the maximum regulatory annual effective dose by a practitioner in interventional radiologyFranceHospital "Institut Mutualiste Montsouris" (Paris)
2005-03-10Overexposure of a worker at the Frederic Joliot hospital section in Orsay (91)FranceHospital
2007-06-15Irradiation incident of a radiation therapistFranceHospital
1991-03-04INOPERABILITY OF VALVES OF SAFETY SYSTEMSFranceGRAVELINES-6
2019-10-08Non-compliance with OL&C during operations to drain the reactor main primary systemFranceGOLFECH-2
1995-06-09FAILURE OF THE ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM ON THE LARGE HEAVY ION ACCELERATOR GANILFranceGANIL
2012-06-13Irradiation of a worker while handling an Iridium 192 sourceFranceFos-sur-Mer
2002-01-21Partial loss of the command and control system in Flamanville NPPFranceFLAMANVILLE-2
1991-09-13METALLURGICAL FLAW IN SECONDARY STEAM PIPEFranceFESSENHEIM-1
1992-12-30PROLONGED LOSS OF VENTILATION IN THE FUEL FABRICATION BUILDING IN THE FBFC ESTABLISHMENTFranceFBFC
2019-04-24Overexposure of a workerFranceEiffage Energie Systeme – Clevia Ouest
2014-04-18Exposure of a worker during radiographic inspectionsFranceDCNS site
2001-04-02Wrong positioning of fuel assemblies in the reactor vessel during refuelling operationsFranceDAMPIERRE-4
1992-01-22UNAVAILABILITY OF THE IODINE FILTERING OF REACTOR CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION SYSTEMFranceDAMPIERRE-1
1996-12-14Leakage on a piping connected to the primary circuitFranceDAMPIERRE-1
2000-06-27Error in operating rules leading to safety injection system unavailabilityFranceDAMPIERRE-1
2009-12-01Shutdown of Cruas unit 4 after heat sink incidentFranceCRUAS-4
2021-08-24External contamination of a worker leading to exceeding of the regulatory annual limit for the equivalent dose to the skinFranceCRUAS-2
1990-07-01IMPACT ON SAFETY DUE TO VIOLATION OF OPERATIONAL LIMITS AND CONDITIONS (IMPURITY DUE TO AIR INGRESS)FranceCREYS-MALVILLE