Europe: France

▸ Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
07-03-1997INES 2Exceeding the required operating limits, aggravated by safety culture problemsPALUEL-1
14-12-1996INES 2Leakage on a piping connected to the primary circuitDAMPIERRE-1
13-05-1998INES 2Large leak in the residual heat removal system (RHR)CIVAUX-1
11-06-1998INES 2Automatic shutdown of the reactor caused by spurious triggering of the containment spray system and jamming of a control cluster in the high position during this shutdownBELLEVILLE-2
02-10-1998INES 2Switch off of a protection device during periodic inspectionPHEBUS
11-03-1999INES 2Dose to a worker exceeding a statutory annual dose limitTRICASTIN-1
23-03-1999INES 2Theft of a vehicle containing a GAM80 gamma radiography unit (with 80 Ci source)Mesnil Amelot
28-12-1999INES 2Partial loss of safeguards systems as a result of external floodingBLAYAIS-1
27-06-2000INES 2Error in operating rules leading to safety injection system unavailabilityDAMPIERRE-1
24-11-2000INES 2Successive events in operation during reactor restartTRICASTIN-3
31-12-2003INES 2Anomaly on the water recirculation circuits of French pressurised water reactorsAll NPP - generic
09-03-2004INES 2Generic anomaly on some power supply boxes of the French pressurised water reactorsAll NPP - generic
26-07-2004INES 2Worker injured and contaminated at the French MOX processing plant MELOXMELOX Fuel process plant
10-03-2005INES 2Overexposure of a worker at the Frederic Joliot hospital section in Orsay (91)Hospital
09-12-2005INES 2Anomaly on safety pumps of 900 MW reactorsAll NPP - generic
06-11-2006INES 2Operation outside limits and conditions at a former MOX facilityCADARACHE
15-06-2007INES 2Irradiation incident of a radiation therapistHospital
07-10-2008INES 2Cobalt-60 contaminated elevator buttons sold abroad by a French companyMetallic products manufacturer
03-03-2009INES 2Non-respect of a safety-criticality requirement at AREVA NC Melox facility (Marcoule)MELOX Fuel process plant
06-10-2009INES 2Failure in fissile material accountabilityCADARACHE
01-12-2009INES 2Shutdown of Cruas unit 4 after heat sink incidentCRUAS-4
26-05-2010INES 2Contamination of 6 workers during the recovery of a gammagraphy Co-60 sourceindustrial radiography
23-04-2010INES 2Worker overexposure CHINON-B4
16-02-2011INES 2Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning back-up diesel generators at Tricastin nuclear power plantTRICASTIN-3
21-12-2011INES 2Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning a pipe nonconformity in two Cattenom NPP fuel storage poolsCATTENOM-2 and 3
26-09-2012INES 2ASN 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 materialsAREVA-FBFC
19-11-2012INES 2loss of a package containing medical radioactive fluorine, during a transport operation in NimesNîmes University Hospital
06-05-2013INES 2Exceeding of the maximum regulatory annual effective dose by a practitioner in interventional radiologyHospital "Institut Mutualiste Montsouris" (Paris)
13-06-2012INES 2Irradiation of a worker while handling an Iridium 192 sourceFos-sur-Mer
24-04-2013INES 2Accidental exposure of a worker exceeding annual regulatory limit to the skinBLAYAIS-4