Latest Events
Mexico,
20 Nov 2024, INES: 0
On November 20, 2024, at around 15:00 hours, during the inspection carried out by IAEA safeguards personnel to perform the Criticality test of the MXA-TRIGA Mark III Reactor and verify its reactor configuration, it was detected that in position B-1 of ring B, which should be empty according to the...
Reported by
Comision Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias
of
Mexico
on
23 Nov 2024
Last update on 23 Nov 2024
United States of America,
15 Dec 2022, INES: 2
From September through December of 2022, a radioisotope processing facility had an equipment malfunction that caused syringes filled with Fluorine-18 to miss a shielding container and fall to the floor during production. During this time, workers retrieved the syringes by hand and manually loaded...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
of
United States of America
on
08 Nov 2024
Last update on 08 Nov 2024
Czech Republic,
11 Jan 2024, INES: 2
Dukovany NPP is equipped by a digital Control and Protection system of Reactor.
On January 11, 2024 Unit 3 of Dukovany NPP was a few days before refuelling outage, on stable operation on Power and Temperature effect with actual power 97 % Nnom, operation was in accordance with manuals. Routine...
Reported by
State Office for Nuclear Safety
of
Czech Republic
on
18 Oct 2024
Last update on 18 Oct 2024
Mexico,
20 Sep 2024, INES: 1
On September 20, at approximately 16:51 (UTC-22.51), the theft of a CPN nuclear densimeter, model MC-1, serial number MD10700322, was reported to the CNSNS office, which contains the following radioactive sources:
1- Am-241/Be (with an activity today of 1.75 GBq)
2- Cs–137 (with an activity...
Reported by
Comision Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias
of
Mexico
on
23 Sep 2024
Last update on 10 Dec 2024
United States of America,
11 Dec 2023, INES: 2
On December 11, 2023, a pharmaceutical technician noted a pressure issue with a synthesis cell, which contained 11.29 GBq (305 mCi) of Fluorine-18. The pharmaceutical technician opened the synthesis cell and Fluorine-18 splashed onto their upper chest, neck, and underarm. The pharmaceutical...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
of
United States of America
on
21 Aug 2024
Last update on 21 Aug 2024
All Events >