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Mexico, 02 Mar 2025, INES: 0

Radiactive Waste Facility Taken Over

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


United States of America, 06 Mar 2025, INES: 1

Lost Radiography Device

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


United States of America, 27 Feb 2025, INES: 2

Stolen Radiography Camera

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


Korea, Republic of, 12 Sep 2023, INES: 2

Accidential Exposure of Industrial Radiography Worker

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


Korea, Republic of, 15 Jul 2019, INES: 3

Exposure of Workers at a Facility using a Radiation Generating Device

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


Korea, Republic of, 24 Aug 2018, INES: 2

Accidential Exposure of Industrial Radiography Worker

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


Korea, Republic of, 21 Jul 2017, INES: 3

Exposure from a Medical Treatment Source

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


Korea, Republic of, 31 Dec 2016, INES: 3

Workers Exceeded Annual Whole Body Dose Limits

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


Korea, Republic of, 03 Dec 2015, INES: 3

Accidential Exposure of Industrial Radiography Worker

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


Korea, Republic of, 20 Apr 2015, INES: 2

Accidential Exposure of Industrial Radiography Worker

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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