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Hungary,
11 Feb 2021, INES: 1
On the 11th of February 2021, the on duty operator realized that according to the Nitrogen Monitoring system, the pressure of the monitoring space no. 18/7 has decreased to 800 mbar (however it still has not reached the value described in OL&C). After consulting leaders it has been decided to...
Reported by
Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority
of
Hungary
on
17 Feb 2021.
Last update on 17 Feb 2021
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Mexico,
08 Feb 2021, INES: 1
On February 8, 2021, the CNSNS received a notification about the theft of a radiography camera (model DELTA 880).
The camera was stolen when the radiographer was forced to pull over by criminals. The DELTA 880 camera serial number is D2766 and contains a category 2 radioactive source of...
Reported by
Comision Nacional de Seguridad Nuclear y Salvaguardias
of
Mexico
on
09 Feb 2021.
Last update on 16 Feb 2021
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Germany,
31 Jul 2020, INES: 2
In July 2020 an incident happened at a company in Bavaria, Germany. According to the company's radiation protection supervisor, the X-ray sources of the thickness measuring system to be checked by a worker of a measurement technology company can be con-sidered as the cause of the exposure. It seems...
Reported by
Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit
of
Germany
on
09 Feb 2021.
Last update on 09 Feb 2021
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Belgium,
27 Jan 2021, INES: 2
During production of medical isotopes, the reactor power measurement chains are displaced to ease this process. Due to this displacement of the power measurements detectors, the measurement range was below the limit of 90 % (which is the limit as described in the Technical Specifications of the...
Reported by
Federal Agency for Nuclear Control (FANC)
of
Belgium
on
02 Feb 2021.
Last update on 02 Feb 2021
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Germany,
08 Dec 2020, INES: 2
As part of the 177Lu production in an industrial application center (production of radio-pharmaceuticals in radionuclide laboratories) when working in a glove box, a used can-nula was accidentally placed on the floor of the glove box when attempting to throw it into the designated collecting...
Reported by
Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit
of
Germany
on
28 Jan 2021.
Last update on 28 Jan 2021
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Germany,
31 Jan 2020, INES: 2
The evaluation of the OSL (Optically Stimulated Luminescence) whole-body dosimeter of a hospital employee showed a reading of 24.2 mSv. This exceeds the German statuary annual dose limit for the whole-body dose of exposed radiation personnel of 20 mSv. The person concerned showed no deterministic...
Reported by
Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit
of
Germany
on
21 Jan 2021.
Last update on 21 Jan 2021
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United Kingdom,
15 Nov 2019, INES: 2
The incident occurred at a cyclotron facility used to produce Flourine-18 for medical purposes. One operator was contaminated during production. Issues with the Cyclotron prompted an employee to investigate a fault resulting in contamination to the extremities. The presence of Flourine-18 on the...
Reported by
Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR)
of
United Kingdom
on
08 Jan 2021.
Last update on 08 Jan 2021
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United States of America,
03 Aug 2020, INES: 2
A radiographer and two assistants were working at an asphalt plant when a magnetic stand fell from the side of a tank and crushed a section of the guide tube of the radiography camera in use. Several attempts by the radiography crew to retract the source into the radiography camera using the crank...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
of
United States of America
on
21 Dec 2020.
Last update on 08 Jan 2021
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Finland,
10 Dec 2020, INES: 0
The INES classification is the same INES 0. This is just update of the event description.
Situation at the Olkiluoto unit 2 was initiated 10-12-2020 10:22 UTC when hotter than normal water entered primary circuit water treatment system during maintenance work. The hot water caused breakdown of...
Reported by
Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK)
of
Finland
on
10 Dec 2020.
Last update on 11 Dec 2020
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United States of America,
30 Jun 2020, INES: 2
The State of Texas reported that as a result of the failure of a fixed gauge on June 30, 2020, a worker likely received a dose exceeding 250 mSv (25 rem). The rotary element and the source tube came partially out of the gauge and while employees tried to put them back in, the source and the cover...
Reported by
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
of
United States of America
on
16 Jul 2020.
Last update on 22 Sep 2020
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