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United States of America,
06 Apr 2012, INES: 2
On April 16, 2012, the licensee radiographer’s assistant informed the licensee Radiation Safety Officer that his pocket dosimeter had gone off scale 10 days prior. The licensee sent the radiographer’s permanent badge for processing and the result was a 250 mSv (25 rem) whole body dose reading. ...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
of
United States of America
on
27 Apr 2012
Last update on 27 Apr 2012
Korea, Republic of,
09 Feb 2012, INES: 2
On February 9, 2012, during a refueling outage, loss of off-site power (LOOP) occurred and emergency diesel generator (EDG) 'B' failed to start while EDG 'A' was out of service for scheduled maintenance, resulting in a station blackout (SBO). Off-site power was restored 12 minutes after the SBO...
Reported by
Ministry of Science and Technology
of
Korea, Republic of
on
23 Apr 2012
Last update on 23 Apr 2012
France,
05 Apr 2012, INES: 1
On 5 April 2012, at around 12 midday local time, ASN was informed by the operator EDF that a fire had started in the n°2 reactor building of the Penly NPP (North-West of France). The reactor automatically shut down.
EDF teams and the local firemen brigades entered the reactor building and...
Reported by
Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN)
of
France
on
06 Apr 2012
Last update on 06 Apr 2012
United States of America,
24 Mar 2012, INES: 3
During work activities, a licensee’s radiographer [Radiographer A] appears to have been overexposed while carrying a guide tube that contained a 2.405 TBq (65 curies) Ir-192 source. Radiographer A was conducting work activities on a platform. When he had completed the series of shots, he signaled...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
of
United States of America
on
27 Mar 2012
Last update on 27 Mar 2012
Serbia, Republic of,
20 Feb 2012
Due to low temperatures, in February, the spillage from water pipe occurred in the Vinca Institute in the room with the nuclear materials under the Safeguards control. All nuclear materials remained secured at the same place. The water was collected from the floor, sampled and analyzed. During this...
Reported by
Serbian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency
of
Serbia, Republic of
on
27 Mar 2012
Last update on 27 Mar 2012
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