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United Kingdom,
31 Dec 2019, INES: 2
The incident occurred at a private boarding school where pupils, employees and their children had been exposed to high levels of radon gas in the atmosphere.
The two employees and their two children were exposed to the high radon gas levels as a result of working and living at the school. The...
Reported by
Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)
of
United Kingdom
on
26 Jan 2024
Last update on 26 Jan 2024
Mexico,
04 Jan 2024, INES: 0
On January 4, 2024, the Unit 1 was operating at 100% power. At 09:00 (local time) the steam tunnel cooling unit “1-RRA-FC-009A” was started due to equipment rotation resulting in the loss of energy in the Motor Control Center (MCC) “1-R31-MCC-1BA-AA” with the failure of the electrical protection of...
Reported by
Comision Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias
of
Mexico
on
12 Jan 2024
Last update on 12 Jan 2024
United States of America,
26 Sep 2023, INES: 2
A radiography trainee received a dose of 0.075 Sv (7.50 rem) to the whole body and 0.258 Sv (25.8 rem) to the extremities due to a disconnected 2.33 TBq (63 Ci) Ir-192 source. This dose was determined through reconstruction of the event and dose calculations. The trainee did not wear his dosimetry...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
of
United States of America
on
07 Dec 2023
Last update on 07 Dec 2023
Germany,
24 Sep 2023, INES: 2
On 24.09.2023, an employee of a company carried out a weld inspection in a radiation protection bunker using an X-ray device. After the measurement, the employee – who is also the radiation protection officer - went into the bunker to carry out further work. After completing the work inside the...
Reported by
Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH
of
Germany
on
08 Nov 2023
Last update on 08 Nov 2023
Mexico,
18 Oct 2023, INES: 1
A radiography camera (Industrial Nuclear Co.,model IR 100) along with a pickup vehicle was stolen by organized crime in Corregidora Ortiz 1ª Sección S/N, primera-5A, Ciudad del Carmen, Tabasco. México. The IR 100 camera serial number is 7510 and contains a CATEGORY 3
radioactive source of...
Reported by
Comision Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias
of
Mexico
on
18 Oct 2023
Last update on 25 Oct 2023
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