Europe: France

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
02-04-2001INES 2Wrong positioning of fuel assemblies in the reactor vessel during refuelling operationsDAMPIERRE-4
22-01-1992INES 2UNAVAILABILITY OF THE IODINE FILTERING OF REACTOR CONTROL ROOM VENTILATION SYSTEMDAMPIERRE-1
11-08-1994INES 0SLIGHT CONTAMINATION AT THE NUCLAR ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION CENTRE OF DAMPIERREDAMPIERRE-1
27-06-2000INES 2Error in operating rules leading to safety injection system unavailabilityDAMPIERRE-1
14-12-1996INES 2Leakage on a piping connected to the primary circuitDAMPIERRE-1
01-12-2009INES 2Shutdown of Cruas unit 4 after heat sink incidentCRUAS-4
24-08-2021INES 2External contamination of a worker leading to exceeding of the regulatory annual limit for the equivalent dose to the skinCRUAS-2
01-07-1990INES 2IMPACT ON SAFETY DUE TO VIOLATION OF OPERATIONAL LIMITS AND CONDITIONS (IMPURITY DUE TO AIR INGRESS)CREYS-MALVILLE
06-05-2019INES 2Emergency diesel generators - earthquake resistance riskCIVAUX-1
13-05-1998INES 2Large leak in the residual heat removal system (RHR)CIVAUX-1
04-12-2001INES 1Loss of a type "A" package during a road shipment between France and ItalyCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL
03-05-2000INES 1Loss of an iodine-125 sourceCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL
07-06-2000INES 1Loss of an Iodine-131 package between France and Spain during air shipmentCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL
28-11-2000INES 1Loss of a radioactive package between Roissy (France) and Athens (Greece) airportsCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL
13-11-2000INES 1Loss of a radioactive Type-A package containing 30,8 GBq of Thallium 201 between Paris-Roissy (France) and Budapest (Hungary) airportsCIS BIO INTERNATIONAL
23-04-2010INES 2Worker overexposure CHINON-B4
13-05-1996INES 2Degradation of seismic stops of the reactor pitCHINON-B1
16-09-1991INES 2BORON MEASURING DEVICE CALIBRATION ERROR AT THE CHEMICAL LABORATORYCHINON-B1
12-09-2011INES 1Explosion and fire at Centraco CENTRACO waste processing and conditioning plantCENTRACO (Codolet, France)
12-06-1991INES 2PARTIAL INOPERABILITY OF THE REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEMCATTENOM-4
02-02-2023INES 2External contamination of a worker leading to exceeding of the annual statutory dose limitCATTENOM-3
21-12-2011INES 2Level 2 incident on INES scale concerning a pipe nonconformity in two Cattenom NPP fuel storage poolsCATTENOM-2 and 3
16-05-2004INES 1Fire on electric cables in Cattenom-2 NPPCATTENOM-2
21-08-1992INES 2ABNORMAL PRESENCE OF A FILTER ON A DRAINING CIRCUIT OF THE REACTOR CAVITYCATTENOM-1
31-03-1994INES 2ACCIDENT CLOSE TO THE FORMER RAPSODIE REACTOR AT THE CADARACHE SITECADARACHE, RAPSODIE
21-06-1993INES 2OVERFLOW OF A LIQUID EFFLUENT STORAGE TANKCADARACHE
05-11-1991INES 2SIGNIFICANT CONTAMINATION IN THE CHEMICAL PURIFICATION LABORATORY IN THE CADARACHE RESEARCH CENTERCADARACHE
06-11-2006INES 2Operation outside limits and conditions at a former MOX facilityCADARACHE
06-10-2009INES 2Failure in fissile material accountabilityCADARACHE
29-01-1994INES 2FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE OPERATING PROCEDURESBUGEY-5