Asia

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
28-08-2009INES 2Contamination of a vehicle with Cs-137NO facility associated to this event, Armenia
03-03-2009INES 3Overexposure of a field radiography workerArgus, Jinju, South Korea, South Korea
27-12-2008INES 0Very low activity source found in scrap metalMeghri, Armenia
04-11-2008INES 2Overexposure of field radiography workersArgus/ Yeosu, South Korea, South Korea
23-10-2008INES 2Unsuitable management of Bakelite plates containing radioactive materialsBunkyo-city, Tokyo, Japan
11-09-2008INES 2Radiation Overexposure of a WorkerS.H.I.Examination & Inspection Ltd / Ehime prefecture, Japan
07-04-2008INES 1Loss of Industrial Gamma Radiography Exposure Device containing Ir-192 radiography sourceNon-Destructive Inspection Co., Ltd / Chiba, Japan
26-08-2007INES 2Loss of Industrial Gamma Radiography Exposure Device (IGRED) containing Ir-192 radiography sourceIndustrial Radiography, India
16-07-2007INES 0Events related to the earthquake on July 16thKashiwazaki-Kariwa, Japan
25-04-2007INES 2Loss of Industrial Gamma Radiography Exposure Device (IGRED) containing Ir-192 radiography sourceIndustrial Radiography, India
19-04-2007INES 1Cs-137 source found in a scrap container prepared for exportEl Khaled Scrapyard / Tripoli, Lebanon
16-11-2006INES 1Theft of Nucleonic Density Gauge Device containing Cs-137 sourceCoal washery, India
06-11-2006INES 2Loss of Industrial Gamma Radiography Exposure Device (IGRED) containing Ir-192 radiography sourceIndustrial Radiography, India
30-07-2006INES 1Loss of radioactive source (Cs-137, Song Da, 2006)Song Da cement company/Hoa Binh Province, Viet Nam
29-05-2006INES 1Loss and dispersion of radioactive source (Eu-152, 2006)ITRRE/Hanoi, Viet Nam
22-05-2006INES 2Loss of Industrial Gamma Radiography Exposure Device (IGRED) containing Ir-192 sourceIndustrial Radiography, India
13-02-2006INES 0Fire in Nuclear Waste Volume Reduction Facilities of JAEAWaste Volume Reduction Facilities, Japan
14-08-2005INES 2Theft of source pigtail containing Ir-192 radiography sourceIndustrial Radiography, India
26-12-2004INES 0Safe shutdown of Kalpakkam-2 reactor due to seawater entry into pump houseKALPAKKAM-2, India
10-03-2004INES 2Reactor Trip on steam generator differential temperature high due to loss of power supply to Reactor regulating systemKAKRAPAR-1, India
29-12-2003INES 2Unshielded radioactive source found in metal scrapMeghri, Armenia
23-12-2003INES 1Contamination of Demineralized Water System & Uncontrolled Minor Radioactivity ReleaseYONGGWANG-5, South Korea
25-04-2003INES 1Heavy water leak from a defuelled coolant channel in a PHWR during Inspection, with reactor in shutdown stateNARORA-2, India
12-04-2003INES 1Loss of an industrial radiography device containing 138 GBq of iridium 192Other, India
17-11-2002[N/A]Chemical Explosion at fuel fabrication facilityNuclear Fuel Complex, Hyderabad, India
24-07-2002INES 2Over exposure of a worker while performing radiographyOther, India
17-07-2002INES 2Loss of an industrial radiography exposure device containing 0.73 TBq of Iridium-192Transportation, India
05-04-2002INES 1Steam Generator Tube FailureULCHIN-4, South Korea
28-11-2000INES 0Forced shutdown of Narora Unit-1 due to unavailability of make up waterNARORA-1, India
20-06-2000INES 2Missing sealed source CS-137 of 73 mCiHYDERABAD MNJ, India