Laka Foundation

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

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
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
1998-05-13Large leak in the residual heat removal system (RHR)FranceCIVAUX-1
2019-05-06Emergency diesel generators - earthquake resistance riskFranceCIVAUX-1
2010-04-23Worker overexposure FranceCHINON-B4
1991-09-16BORON MEASURING DEVICE CALIBRATION ERROR AT THE CHEMICAL LABORATORYFranceCHINON-B1
1996-05-13Degradation of seismic stops of the reactor pitFranceCHINON-B1
1991-06-12PARTIAL INOPERABILITY OF THE REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEMFranceCATTENOM-4
2023-02-02External contamination of a worker leading to exceeding of the annual statutory dose limitFranceCATTENOM-3
2011-12-21Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning a pipe nonconformity in two Cattenom NPP fuel storage poolsFranceCATTENOM-2 and 3
1992-08-21ABNORMAL PRESENCE OF A FILTER ON A DRAINING CIRCUIT OF THE REACTOR CAVITYFranceCATTENOM-1
1994-03-31ACCIDENT CLOSE TO THE FORMER RAPSODIE REACTOR AT THE CADARACHE SITEFranceCADARACHE, RAPSODIE
1991-11-05SIGNIFICANT CONTAMINATION IN THE CHEMICAL PURIFICATION LABORATORY IN THE CADARACHE RESEARCH CENTERFranceCADARACHE
1993-06-21OVERFLOW OF A LIQUID EFFLUENT STORAGE TANKFranceCADARACHE
2006-11-06Operation outside limits and conditions at a former MOX facilityFranceCADARACHE
2009-10-06Failure in fissile material accountabilityFranceCADARACHE
1994-01-29FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE OPERATING PROCEDURESFranceBUGEY-5
1991-09-23DEFECTS IN BUGEY AND FESSENHEIM POWER PLANT REACTOR VESSEL HEADSFranceBUGEY-2
2014-10-14A practitioner’s regulatory annual exposure dose limit was exceededFranceBordeaux University Hospital - Pellegrin Hospital
2013-08-02Uncontrolled release of radioactive effluents into the public sewerage systemFranceBordeaux university hospital
2015-06-30Bordeaux University: discovery of radioactive sources and incidental exposure of personsFranceBordeaux University
2013-04-24Accidental exposure of a worker exceeding annual regulatory limit to the skinFranceBLAYAIS-4
2015-08-18Irradiation of a worker during scheduled NNP outage at Le BlayaisFranceBLAYAIS-4
1999-12-28Partial loss of safeguards systems as a result of external floodingFranceBLAYAIS-1
1991-06-22DEFECTIVE WELDS IN LOW PRESSURE SAFETY INJECTION SYSTEMFranceBELLEVILLE-2