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Germany, 27 Jul 2026, INES: 2

Worker Exceeded Statuary Annual Whole Body Dose Limits

On 27 July 2026, an employee performed a Gamma radiography measurement using a Se-75 source with an activity of 1.48 TBq. After completing the measurement, the employee inadvertently failed to retract the source into its safety position in a shieled container. Subsequently, he carried out...
Reported by Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH of Germany on 02 Sep 2026 Last update on 02 Sep 2026


United Kingdom, 25 Jun 2026, INES: 2

Misdelivered Transport Package

Topspeed Couriers Ltd was carrying a Type A package containing radioactive material in the form of a 555 GBq special form Selenium-75 source intended for industrial radiography. The package was delivered to the wrong location in Aberdeen. Later after one hour the organisation which had incorrectly...
Reported by Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) of United Kingdom on 02 Sep 2026 Last update on 02 Sep 2026


United Kingdom, 09 Oct 2025, INES: 2

Exposure of a worker to a level of 50% of the statutory dose limit

Routine health monitoring identified that a worker had inhaled a small quantity of radioactive material. The resulting radiation dose, combined with the worker's other occupational radiation exposure during the year, exceeded half of the legal annual radiation dose limit for workers. Routine...
Reported by Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) of United Kingdom on 20 Jul 2026 Last update on 20 Jul 2026


France, 17 Feb 2026, INES: 2

External contamination of a worker in a nuclear medicine department

On 6 March 2026, the Agen-Nerac Hospital Centre reported to ASNR an incident concerning the contamination of a radiographer in the nuclear medicine department whilst preparing for a positron emission tomography (PET) scan. Whilst drawing a sample from the vial, the medical device failed to draw the...
Reported by Autorité de Sûreté Nucleaire et de Radioprotection (ASNR) of France on 05 Jun 2026 Last update on 05 Jun 2026


Spain, 01 May 2026, INES: 2

Inoperability of the main steam lines isolation valves (MSIV)

Classification according to the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) of the incident reported by Cofrentes NPP due to the inoperability of the main steam line isolation for a period longer than permitted by Technical Specifications (TS) This report describes the event that was notified on May...
Reported by Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN) of Spain on 05 Jun 2026 Last update on 05 Jun 2026


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