Stichting Laka

INES 2: Incident

• Exposure of a member of the public in excess of 10 mSv.
• Exposure of a worker in excess of the statutory annual limits.

• Radiation levels in an operating area of more than 50 mSv/h.
• Significant contamination within the facility into an area not expected by design.

• 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.

date	title	location
2013-10-13	Overexposure to Radiopharmacy Worker	United States of America	Topeka, Kansas/St. Francis Health Center
2013-09-26	Common cause mechanical deficiency in control rods	Netherlands	High Flux Reactor / Petten
2013-09-23	Overexposure to Radiopharmacy Worker	United States of America	Augusta, Georgia/Cardinal Health
2013-08-23	Exposure of a worker in excess of statutory annual dose limits	France	LAMA (CEA Grenoble)
2013-08-13	Stolen of a radioactive source	Iran	Islamic Republic of Iran, Tabriz, Tabriz University
2013-08-02	Uncontrolled release of radioactive effluents into the public sewerage system	France	Bordeaux university hospital
2013-07-19	Overexposure to Radiographer	United States of America	Amelia, Louisiana/Bayou Inspection Services, Inc.
2013-05-30	Interventional Radiology - Exceeding of the maximum regulatory annual effective dose	France	Saint-Eloi Hospital (Montpellier)
2013-05-20	Overexposure of radiographers	Peru	Project EPC-30, Plant of Malvinas, Cusco
2013-05-06	Exceeding of the maximum regulatory annual effective dose by a practitioner in interventional radiology	France	Hospital "Institut Mutualiste Montsouris" (Paris)
2013-05-02	Overexposure of 4 persons exceeding the statutory annual whole body dose limit for workers (20 mSv)	Austria	Nuclear Engineering Seiberdorf, Univ. Innsbruck
2013-04-24	Accidental exposure of a worker exceeding annual regulatory limit to the skin	France	BLAYAIS-4
2013-03-22	Overexposure to Member of the Public	United States of America	New York, NY/ Children's Hospital at Montefiore
2013-03-20	Radiographer Overexposure	United States of America	Tulsa, Oklahoma / Tulsa Gamma Ray
2013-02-28	Overexposure of a worker	Finland	Jyväskylä
2013-02-19	Deficiency in the safety evaluation of the primary reactor drain line	Netherlands	High Flux Reactor Petten
2013-01-15	Overexposure to Radiographer’s Assistant	United States of America	Tulsa, Oklahoma / Advanced Inspection Technologies
2012-12-31	Radiographer Overexposure	United States of America	Seiling, Oklahoma/ Hi-Tech Testing
2012-11-22	Potential exposure of airplane passengers to doses in excess of statutory limits for the public due to a damaged type A package	Australia	Frankfurt, Germany
2012-11-19	loss of a package containing medical radioactive fluorine, during a transport operation in Nimes	France	Nîmes University Hospital
2012-10-05	Overexposure of a worker	Belgium	IRM group sa - Alleur
2012-09-26	ASN decided to uprate as level 2 on the INES scale an event related to non-compliance with the requirements applicable to labelling, storage and on-site transfer of wet fissile materials	France	AREVA-FBFC
2012-09-19	Overexposure of a radiographer	Belgium	Stork Technical Service
2012-09-09	Three radioactive level gauges stolen and later found open	Bulgaria	Devnya town
2012-06-13	Irradiation of a worker while handling an Iridium 192 source	France	Fos-sur-Mer
2012-05-09	Discovery of orphan source in a steel mill	Spain	Alcal
2012-04-19	Worker overexposure	Greece	Greek Atomic Energy Commission (GAEC)
2012-04-06	Overexposure to Radiographer’s Assistant	United States of America	Tampa, Florida/Renegade Testing & Inspection, INC.
2012-03-24	Overexposure to Radiographer	United States of America	Pasadena, Texas / Non-Destructive Inspection Corp
2012-02-09	Loss of shutdown cooling due to station blackout during refueling outage	South Korea	KORI-1