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Mexico,
02 Mar 2025, INES: 0
On Sunday March the 2nd, 2025, at approximately 6:30 AM (UTC-06:00), personnel from the municipality of Temascalapa forcibly took over the Low and Medium Level Radioactive Waste Storage Center (CADER), property of the National Institute of Nuclear Research (ININ), evicting the personnel who were at...
Reported by
Comision Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias
of
Mexico
on
19 Mar 2025.
Last update on 19 Mar 2025
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United States of America,
06 Mar 2025, INES: 1
On March 6, 2025, a radiography crew working approximately 16 km (10 mi) east of Mentone, Texas, reported losing a SPEC 150 exposure device containing a 3.53 TBq (95.4 Ci) iridium-192 source.
Update: On March 13, 2025, a member of the public contacted the licensee stating they had found the...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
of
United States of America
on
13 Mar 2025.
Last update on 19 Mar 2025
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United States of America,
27 Feb 2025, INES: 2
On 27 February 2025, a radiography camera containing 2.738 TBq (74 Ci) of Ir-192 was reported stolen from a licensee’s truck. On 26 February 2025, the radiographer stayed the night at a hotel in Kernersville, NC and discovered the next morning that the camera was missing. The radiographer had not...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
of
United States of America
on
07 Mar 2025.
Last update on 07 Mar 2025
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Korea, Republic of,
12 Sep 2023, INES: 2
On September 12, 2023, during industrial radiography, the control cable of the equipment ruptured, causing the radiation source(Ir-192, 1.75 TBq) to detach inside the guide tube. The worker was unable to notice the detachment of the radiation source in time due to the lack of proper radiation...
Reported by
Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC)
of
Korea, Republic of
on
26 Dec 2024.
Last update on 26 Dec 2024
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Korea, Republic of,
15 Jul 2019, INES: 3
In July 2017, at a semiconductor manufacturing company, seven workers were exposed to radiation due to the abnormal use of an X-ray generator(100 kVp, 0.1 mA) for product defect inspection. The X-ray generator was a cabinet-type device with a shielding door interlock, but the workers manually...
Reported by
Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC)
of
Korea, Republic of
on
26 Dec 2024.
Last update on 26 Dec 2024
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Korea, Republic of,
24 Aug 2018, INES: 2
On August 24, 2018, during industrial radiography using a sealed radiation source (Ir-192, 1.22 TBq), the radiation source became stuck inside the guide tube, making it impossible to retrieve. During the initial response, the remote control cable was incorrectly assembled in the opposite direction,...
Reported by
Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC)
of
Korea, Republic of
on
26 Dec 2024.
Last update on 26 Dec 2024
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Korea, Republic of,
21 Jul 2017, INES: 3
On July 21, 2017, at a hospital in Seoul, an incident occurred when the assigned staff member failed to follow the patient verification procedure in the I-131 therapy room. As a result, a dose of I-131 (5,550 MBq), intended for a thyroid desease patient, was mistakenly administered to another...
Reported by
Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC)
of
Korea, Republic of
on
26 Dec 2024.
Last update on 26 Dec 2024
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Korea, Republic of,
31 Dec 2016, INES: 3
In December 2016, it was reported to the regulatory authority that an industrial radiography worker's personal dosimeter reading had exceeded the annual dose limit. An investigation revealed that the worker had been exposed to high levels of radiation on a night-field radiography work during...
Reported by
Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC)
of
Korea, Republic of
on
26 Dec 2024.
Last update on 26 Dec 2024
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Korea, Republic of,
03 Dec 2015, INES: 3
On December 3, 2015, an industrial radiography worker repeatedly conducted NDT without realizing that a sealed radioactive source(Ir-192, 1.1 TBq) had not been properly retracted and remained at the end of the guide tube. On December 8, the worker began feeling symptoms such as pain, redness, and...
Reported by
Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC)
of
Korea, Republic of
on
26 Dec 2024.
Last update on 26 Dec 2024
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Korea, Republic of,
20 Apr 2015, INES: 2
On April 20, 2015, two workers were conducting a industrial radiography for Non-Destructive Test on the welds of a large steel product. During the process, the guide tube of the irradiator was not properly connected, causing the radiation source (Co-60, 1.85 TBq) to be withdrawn but not retrieved....
Reported by
Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC)
of
Korea, Republic of
on
26 Dec 2024.
Last update on 26 Dec 2024
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