Europe

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
07-07-2008INES 1Spillage of uranium-bearing effluents into the environment at the SOCATRI nuclear facility (Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux (Drôme), France)SOCATRI Bollène (Vaucluse), France
14-04-2017INES 1Stolen gamma densitometerSouth of France / Valérian Company, France
03-08-2008INES 1Incident involving radioactive material at IAEA safeguards laboratoryIAEA Safeguards Seibersdorf Laboratory, Austria
28-08-2008INES 1Radiation Worker Skin OverexposureCovidien, Mallinckrodt Medical B.V., Petten, Netherlands
16-05-2009INES 1Person contaminatedRadioisotope Centre POLATOM/Otwock-Swierk, Poland
05-11-2010INES 1Lost or stolen sources containing Co-60 Closed Iron foundry in Town Lublin , Poland
13-09-2011INES 1Melting of Orphan SourceDuferco - la Louvière, Belgium
12-09-2011INES 1Explosion and fire at Centraco CENTRACO waste processing and conditioning plantCENTRACO (Codolet, France), France
28-09-2011INES 1Found radioactive sourcePraha, Czech Republic
04-10-2011INES 1Hazardous manipulation of a lightning rod with Ra-226Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
22-12-2011INES 1Start of a fire in decontamination machine of former nuclear manufacturing plant of Bosco Marengo (AL) under decommissioningBosco Marengo (AL), Italy
23-02-2012INES 1Am-241 source meltingOutokumpu Tornio Works, Finland
05-04-2012INES 1Fire and abnormal primary circuit leak occured at Penly NPP n°2 reactorPENLY-2, France
03-09-2012INES 1Stolen and lately recovered intact radioactive sourceSofia, Bulgaria
05-09-2012INES 1Inadequate planned repair of the 10UV68S201 quick-acting gate valve despite of the regulations of the Operational Limits and ConditionsPAKS-1, Hungary
12-10-2012INES 1Radioactive gauge, lost and foundAluminium SA, Greece
22-11-2013INES 1Two radioactive sources containing Co-60 lost or stolenBełchatów Power Station (coal-fired power plant), Poland
22-11-2013INES 1Found orphan Cs-137 sourceTornio, Steel factory, Finland
30-05-2013INES 1EDG failed to start after unintentional loss of two phases on 400 kV incoming offsite supplyFORSMARK-3, Sweden
16-01-2014INES 1One radioactive source containing Co-60 lost or stolenbeaverboard manufacturer, Koniecpol, Śląskie regio, Poland
11-08-1995INES 0PERSONNEL INJURY IN TURBINE HALL DURING REFUELLINGLEIBSTADT, Switzerland
25-09-1995INES 0INADVERTENT CLOSURE OF MSIV GENERATED SI SIGNAL FOLLOWED BY REACTOR TRIPKRSKO, Slovenia
13-09-1995INES 0UNIT SCRAM DUE TO BLOWHOLE IN EMERGENCY REACTOR COOLING SYSTEM(ECCS) PIPESMOLENSK-1, Russian Federation
27-10-1995INES 0UNIT SHUTDOWN BECAUSE OF THE REFUELING MACHINE'S EQUIPMENT FAILURECHERNOBYL-1, Ukraine
12-11-1995INES 0AUTOMATIC REACTOR UNLOADING DUE TO TURBOGENERATOR TRIP BY OPERATORIGNALINA-1, Lithuania
03-12-1995INES 0UNIT COLD SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF THE FLAW IN PIPELINE OF THE PRIMARY MAIN COOLANT PUMPZAPOROZHE-1, Ukraine
07-01-1996INES 0MANUAL REACTOR SHUTDOWN DUE TO LEAKAGE IN BLEED WATER RETURN PIPELINEIGNALINA-2, Lithuania
01-01-1995INES 0CRACKS IN THE REACTOR CORE SHROUD IN THE LID OF THE SHROUD AND IN REACTOR VESSEL INTERNALSOSKARSHAMN-1, Sweden
13-12-1995INES 0SMALL RADIOACTIVITY RELEASEKRSKO, Slovenia
09-02-1996INES 0REACTOR SHUTDOWN BY THE FAST-ACTING SCRAM SYSTEM DUE TO SPURIOUS SIGNALS OF INCREASED PRESSURE IN THE ISOLATION CONTROL VALVES ROOMIGNALINA-1, Lithuania