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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Japan,
11 Mar 2011, INES: 2
Unit 2 of the Onagawa Nuclear Power Station started operation since 14:00 on March 11, and the Tohoku District – Off the Pacific Ocean Earthquake occurred at 14:46 on the same day. The reactor was automatically stopped and emergency diesel generator A (EDG (A)), emergency diesel generator B (EDG...
Reported by
Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA/METI)
of
Japan
on
07 Mar 2012.
Last update on 07 Mar 2012
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Finland,
23 Feb 2012, INES: 1
An orphan Am-241 source inadvertently included in scrap metal was melted on the //23/2/2012 // in a Finnish steel factory in Tornio. The first alarm of abnormal radiation level was given by detectors screening the slag pots. The activity of melted source can not be determined exactly, but it is...
Reported by
Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK)
of
Finland
on
02 Mar 2012.
Last update on 02 Mar 2012
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United States of America,
17 Feb 2012, INES: 2
A licensee radiographer was performing radiography using a QSA D880 radiography camera containing a 1.37 TBq (37 curie) Ir-192 source. The radiographer approached the guide tube without verifying that the survey meter was functioning. When the radiographer attempted to crank the source out through...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
of
United States of America
on
22 Feb 2012.
Last update on 03 Apr 2012
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Czech Republic,
09 Jan 2012, INES: 2
In a lead foundry, a foundryman extracted lead by heating from a shielding heads of a radiotherapeutic unit. Before the lead extraction he dismantled the heads not knowing that inside one of them was a radioactive source left. Than he carried out a tube with the source. The tube with the source was...
Reported by
State Office for Nuclear Safety
of
Czech Republic
on
17 Feb 2012.
Last update on 17 Feb 2012
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France,
21 Dec 2011, INES: 2
On 18 January 2012, Cattenom's operator (EDF) notified ASN that the absence of a "siphon breaker" orifice on the fuel storage pools of reactors 2 and 3 had been detected during an inspection performed by EDF teams.
During an inspection carried out on 21 December 2011 as part of the measures...
Reported by
Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN)
of
France
on
08 Feb 2012.
Last update on 08 Feb 2012
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