Europe

Legenda & explanation
date INES title location
20-01-1993INES 2SUB-COOLING OF THE REACTOR COOLANT SYSTEM DURING A TESTPALUEL-2, France
26-07-2004INES 2Worker injured and contaminated at the French MOX processing plant MELOXMELOX Fuel process plant, France
13-11-1993INES 2UNCONTROLLED POWER TRANSIENT IN A TEST REACTOR WITH DEGRADATION OF THE TESTED IRRADIATED FUEL NEEDLEBR2, Belgium
22-06-2004INES 2Non-compliance with regulations during transport of radioactive materialPaul Scherrer Institute; Wuerenlingen,, Switzerland
11-04-1999INES 2Spillage of radioactive materialsBNFL, Sellafield, United Kingdom
12-01-1994INES 2RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION IN AUXILIARY BUILDINGZAPOROZHE-4, Ukraine
22-04-2004INES 2Workers overexposureSGS TECNOS,S.A., Spain
25-05-1999INES 2Temporary Loss of the seawater cooling systemsBARSEBECK-2, Sweden
08-05-1999INES 2Melting of a radioactive source with scrap metalsSCRAPYARD, Greece
17-07-1999INES 2Workers exposure exceeding a statutory annual dose limitCHERNOBYL-3, Ukraine
09-03-2004INES 2Generic anomaly on some power supply boxes of the French pressurised water reactorsAll NPP - generic, France
18-10-1999INES 2Incorrectly packaged radioactive sourcesBNFL, Sellafield, United Kingdom
28-12-1999INES 2Partial loss of safeguards systems as a result of external floodingBLAYAIS-1, France
29-01-1994INES 2FAILING TO COMPLY WITH THE OPERATING PROCEDURESBUGEY-5, France
03-06-1994INES 2FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS FOR OPERATION AT REACTOR 4TRICASTIN-4, France
12-01-2004INES 2Cs137 shielded radioactive source smelted in metal recycling facilityAcciaierie Beltrame, metal recycling facility, Vicenza, Italy
02-09-1999INES 2Inadvertent plutonium shipment from Belgium to United KingdomIRMM, Geel, Belgium
03-03-1994INES 2COOLANT LEAK FROM THE AUXILIARY PRIMARY CIRCUIT CLEANUP SYSTEM DURING COOLDOWN OF THE PRIMARY CIRCUITKOLA-2, Russian Federation
31-12-2003INES 2Anomaly on the water recirculation circuits of French pressurised water reactorsAll NPP - generic, France
11-11-2003INES 2Unshielded strontium-90 (Sr-90/Y-90) radioactive source found in metalscrap from NigeriaREUKEMA BLOCQ EN MANESCHIJN B.V., Harderwijk, Netherlands
31-03-1994INES 2ACCIDENT CLOSE TO THE FORMER RAPSODIE REACTOR AT THE CADARACHE SITECADARACHE, RAPSODIE, France
16-07-2003INES 2Discovery of a Cs-source in scrapShipment of scrap, Slovenia
07-08-2003INES 2One unshielded and two shielded Cs-137 radioactive sources found at a scrap yardJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek, Netherlands
11-07-2003INES 2Auto-trip of R21, following trip of Main Boiler Feed Pump, subsequent breach of Gas Circulator 22 Inlet Temp. limitDUNGENESS-B1 UNIT A, United Kingdom
15-10-2001INES 2Cobalt-60 contaminated steel slabs sent to Italian shipyard from a foundry in MacedoniaSHIPYARDS, Italy
03-07-2001INES 2Unshielded strontium-90 source found at scrapyardJewometaal, Rotterdam-Botlek, Netherlands
10-07-2001INES 2Contamination of workers during dismantling of alpha dry glove boxesNUCLEAR RESEARCH INST., REZ, Czech Republic
24-11-2000INES 2Successive events in operation during reactor restartTRICASTIN-3, France
06-04-1994INES 2DEFECT OF THE REACTOR PROTECTION SYSTEM LEVEL CONTROLLER OF THE STEAM GENERATORSOUTH UKRAINE-1, Ukraine
27-06-2000INES 2Error in operating rules leading to safety injection system unavailabilityDAMPIERRE-1, France