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Belgium,
05 May 2022, INES: 2
During the quality control of the welds of a newly installed piping, the radiographer performing the operations was exposed to the radiation of a 737 GBq Se-75 source during a short period of time (approximately between 60 and 90 seconds). During the removal of the collimator, the radiographer did...
Reported by
Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC)
of
Belgium
on
18 May 2022.
Last update on 18 May 2022
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Hungary,
21 Apr 2022, INES: 1
In Nitrogénművek Co. Ltd. (Pétfürdő, Hungary) urea production plant operators realized abnormal parameters during production. Following the technological procedures LB 3223-1 Compack fixed level gauge (produced by Berthold) found to be failed. During the inspection of fixed level gauge, stainless...
Reported by
Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority
of
Hungary
on
09 May 2022.
Last update on 09 May 2022
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Japan,
29 May 2021, INES: 3
On May 29, 2021 the fluorescent X-ray adhesion meter (output 50kV x 40mA) was inspected and calibrated at the Nippon Steel Setouchi Works in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture.
There are three main operations for irradiating X-rays with this device.
・ Power supply to this device
・ Increase the...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Authority
of
Japan
on
09 May 2022.
Last update on 09 May 2022
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Germany,
08 Dec 2021, INES: 2
During a medical injection of a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical (Tc-99m, 375 MBq) to a patient, the medical worker carrying out the injection received a hand skin exposure. While adjusting the cannula a plug at the cannula was opened by mistake and radioactive substance was spilled out. The hand of...
Reported by
Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH
of
Germany
on
17 Mar 2022.
Last update on 17 Mar 2022
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Sweden,
23 Nov 2021, INES: 2
On November 23, 2021 two workers were carrying out a pipe inspection using a portable X-ray generator. While trying to start up the X-ray generator after adjusting some parameters, the workers realized that the device was already on. The workers could not remember exactly when the X-ray generator...
Reported by
Swedish Radiation Safety Authority
of
Sweden
on
18 Jan 2022.
Last update on 18 Jan 2022
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Hungary,
10 Jan 2022, INES: 2
On 10th of January 2022, six pieces of Co-60 sealed radioactive sources, with 74 TBq activity each, were moved from a UKITB-250-6 type transport container at a working place of the Institute of Isotopes Ltd. During the procedure one sealed source was misplaced within the container into a less...
Reported by
Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority
of
Hungary
on
14 Jan 2022.
Last update on 14 Jan 2022
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United States of America,
22 Oct 2019, INES: 2
On October 22, 2019, a worker was manually drilling a container with 39.96 GBq (1080 mCi) of iridium-192 in ceramic tracer beads. The worker was not wearing eye or face shields. An accident occurred and material from the drilling struck the worker's face and eyes. Immediately after, the worker...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
of
United States of America
on
22 Dec 2021.
Last update on 22 Dec 2021
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United Kingdom,
22 Jul 2021, INES: 2
On the 22 July 2021 at 14:57, following failure of a National Grid transformer located offsite, Heysham 1 experienced a complete loss of 400kV power supplies. Both reactors were operating at nominal full power prior to the incident, and both tripped automatically.
The back-up power supply...
Reported by
Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)
of
United Kingdom
on
01 Dec 2021.
Last update on 10 Jan 2022
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Spain,
20 Jul 2021, INES: 2
The dosimetry service of an industrial radiography facility identified that the TLD of two workers at this facility had exceeded the annual dose limit. The irradiation source was an Ir-192 gammagraph, in which the source got stuck during irradiation work.
The first worker had received a dose of...
Reported by
Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN)
of
Spain
on
26 Nov 2021.
Last update on 26 Nov 2021
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United States of America,
06 Oct 2021, INES: 2
A radiographer received approximately 0.093 Sv (9.3 rem) when a radiography source was unable to be retracted into an industrial radiography device. The radiographer handled the guide tube and collimator with the 3.367 TBq (91 Ci) Ir-192 source in an unshielded position. Dose reconstruction and...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
of
United States of America
on
21 Oct 2021.
Last update on 21 Oct 2021
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