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Hungary,
23 May 2021, INES: 1
The VOLVID PLC conducted gamma radiography to inspect welded joints at an industrial site of Borsodchem PLC at Kacincbarcika. The inspection was executed by a GammaMat SE device, containing a Category 3 Se-75 sealed radioactive source with 1,71 TBq activity. Upon competition of the inspection, the...
Reported by
Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority
of
Hungary
on
14 Sep 2021
Last update on 14 Sep 2021
France,
24 Aug 2021, INES: 2
On 27 August 2021, ASN (Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire), the French nuclear regulator, was notified by the Cruas nuclear power plant licensee of a significant radiation protection event concerning the exceeding of an annual individual dose limit by an EDF employee.
On 24 August 2021, two operators...
Reported by
Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN)
of
France
on
07 Sep 2021
Last update on 07 Sep 2021
France,
09 Oct 2020, INES: 2
The discovery by the University Hospitals of Strasbourg (HUS) of legacy radioactive sources and residual radioactive contamination in a building on the site of the Civil Hospital of Strasbourg was reported on the ASN website on 12 October 2020. Since that date, substantial investigations and...
Reported by
Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN)
of
France
on
07 Sep 2021
Last update on 07 Sep 2021
Finland,
28 Nov 2020, INES: 1
Several orphan Am-241 sources, which were inadvertently included in scrap metal, were melted in a Finnish steel factory. One event happened in 2019 and four events in 2020 as follows
- 2019, January 18th, estimated activity 1 100 MBq
- 2020, February 28th, estimated activity 1 400 MBq
- 2020,...
Reported by
Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK)
of
Finland
on
08 Apr 2021
Last update on 08 Apr 2021
United States of America,
11 Mar 2021, INES: 2
A radiographer was exposed to Ir-192 sources while working with industrial radiography cameras at a permanent fixed facility. The badge showed the individual involved received a dose of 0.07 Sv (7.2 rem). The radiographer potentially used different radiography cameras with different sources...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
of
United States of America
on
17 Mar 2021
Last update on 17 Mar 2021
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