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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


Iran, Islamic Republic of, 04 Apr 2026

Aerial and missile attacks on several Petrochemical complexes in Khuzestan province by the Israel regime and the United States of America

On 04 April, the Iran Nuclear Regulatory Authority was notified that several Petrochemical complexes in Khuzestan province, which use sealed Co 60 and Cs 137 sources for gauging, had been subjected to aerial and missile strikes by the Israel regime and the United States of America. No increase in...
Reported by Iran Nuclear Regulatory Authority (INRA) of Iran, Islamic Republic of on 04 Apr 2026 Last update on 04 Apr 2026


Iran, Islamic Republic of, 04 Apr 2026

A projectile struck near the premises of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant

On 04 April 2026, Iran Nuclear Regulatory Authority was informed by the operator of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP-1) that on 4 April at approximately 08:30 Iran Standard Time (IRST), a projectile struck near the premises of the power plant (very close to the BNPP-1 fence) due to the aerial and...
Reported by Iran Nuclear Regulatory Authority (INRA) of Iran, Islamic Republic of on 04 Apr 2026 Last update on 04 Apr 2026


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