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Mexico,
12 Feb 2019, INES: 2
Event Description
On February 12, 2019, while preparations for leak testing were made to valve 1-FPCC-MV-7948 by predictive maintenance personnel, they reported to the technician of the reactor control point that the shield that serves as a barrier to controlling the area with high radiation>...
Reported by
Comision Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias
of
Mexico
on
19 Mar 2019
Last update on 19 Mar 2019
Pakistan,
14 Jan 2019, INES: 1
On January 14, 2019, an industrial radiographer associated with Wajedo International Corporation (Private) Limited started his journey from Sadiqabad to Daharki site to perform radiography job while carrying Gamma projector (YG-192S) with radioactive source of Ir-192 (10Ci) placed in the back...
Reported by
Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority (PNRA)
of
Pakistan
on
08 Mar 2019
Last update on 08 Mar 2019
France,
31 Jan 2019, INES: 2
A worker in the nuclear medicine department of the Angers Hospital has received a dose of 723 mSv to the hands during the month of November 2018. Due to late transmission of dosimeters, it was known only in January 2019.
Investigation at the hospital could not identify the causes for the...
Reported by
Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN)
of
France
on
04 Mar 2019
Last update on 04 Mar 2019
Hungary,
21 Jan 2019, INES: 1
On the 21st of January 2019 a well-logging geophysical probe containing 239 GBq activity 241-Am-Be sealed source was dropped to the bottom of a1800 m deep well near Pecs city, Hungary. The cause of the event was the break of the probe head due to material failure. The measurements of the drilling...
Reported by
Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority
of
Hungary
on
08 Feb 2019
Last update on 19 Feb 2019
India,
16 Jan 2019, INES: 1
On January 14, 2019, a shielded container (Type-A package) having Cs-137 source of 80 GBq (meant for well logging purpose) was transported in a vehicle from the drilling site (Malleshwaram, Andhra Pradesh) to logging base of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC), Rajahmundry in Andhra...
Reported by
Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
of
India
on
31 Jan 2019
Last update on 31 Jan 2019
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