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Iran, Islamic Republic of, 09 Dec 2025

Isolating S8 building of Natanz facility

Following our previous reports, in order to prevent dispersion of radioactive material inside the Natanz facility, taking into account the weather forecast, one of the building inside the facility (S8) has already been surrounded and isolated and is going to be covered with a water-resistant...
Reported by Iran Nuclear Regulatory Authority (INRA) of Iran, Islamic Republic of on 09 Dec 2025. Last update on 09 Dec 2025


Czech Republic, 01 Sep 2025, INES: 3

Radiation worker exposure exceeding 10 times the annual limit

The museum in Roztoky near Prague operates an irradiation chamber that is used to destroy insects in collection items with gamma radiation. For this purpose, a sealed radionuclide source of Co-60 with an actual activity of 127 TBq on the date of the event is used. On 1. 9. 2025, a radiation...
Reported by State Office for Nuclear Safety of Czech Republic on 27 Nov 2025. Last update on 27 Nov 2025


Germany, 19 Aug 2025, INES: 2

Worker Exceeded Annual Whole Body Dose Limit

On 19.08.2025, an employee of a company carried out a non-destructive testing using a Se-75 source with an activity of 1.95 TBq. When winding back the source into its safety position in a tube, the source detached from its holder, so that the source remained in the collimator. When the radiation...
Reported by Gesellschaft für Anlagen und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH of Germany on 23 Dec 2025. Last update on 23 Dec 2025


France, 24 Jul 2025, INES: 2

External contamination of a worker beyond the annual statutory limit to the skin

On 25 July 2025, the operator of the Gravelines nuclear power plant reported a significant radiation protection event concerning the exceeding of an annual individual dose limit by an EDF contractor. Reactor 1 at the Gravelines nuclear power plant was in shut down for maintenance and refuelling....
Reported by Autorité de Sûreté Nucleaire et de Radioprotection (ASNR) of France on 05 Aug 2025. Last update on 05 Aug 2025


France, 22 Jul 2025, INES: 3

Localised irradiation of a worker's arm by the beam of a particle accelerator

On 24 July 2025, the National Centre for Research and Restoration in French Museums (C2RMF) reported to the ASNR a significant radiation protection event related to the localised irradiation of a worker by the beam of the AGLAE particle accelerator, used for analysing works of art and ancient...
Reported by Autorité de Sûreté Nucleaire et de Radioprotection (ASNR) of France on 01 Aug 2025. Last update on 01 Aug 2025


Iran, Islamic Republic of, 22 Jun 2025

Attacks on Natanz, Esfahan and Fordow Nuclear Facilities by the criminal United States of America

Despite the prohibition of attacks on nuclear facilities and the fact that such actions contravene all international norms and principles of international law, the Natanz, Esfahan and Fordow nuclear facilities– which have been under continuous IAEA inspection and verification measures – were...
Reported by Iran Nuclear Regulatory Authority (INRA) of Iran, Islamic Republic of on 22 Jun 2025. Last update on 22 Jun 2025


Iran, Islamic Republic of, 13 Jun 2025

Several attacks by Zionist regime

Despite the prohibition of attacks on nuclear facilities and the fact that such actions contravene all international norms and principles of international law, the Esfahan nuclear facilities – which have been under continuous IAEA inspection and verification measures – was attacked several times by...
Reported by Iran Nuclear Regulatory Authority (INRA) of Iran, Islamic Republic of on 14 Jun 2025. Last update on 14 Jun 2025


Iran, Islamic Republic of, 13 Jun 2025

several missile attacks by Zionist regime of israel

Despite the prohibition of attacks on nuclear facilities and the fact that such actions contravene all international norms and principles of international law, the Natanz nuclear facilities – which have been under continuous IAEA inspection and verification measures – was subjected to aerial and...
Reported by Iran Nuclear Regulatory Authority (INRA) of Iran, Islamic Republic of on 13 Jun 2025. Last update on 13 Jun 2025


France, 09 Jun 2025, INES: 2

External contamination of a worker beyond the annual statutory limit to the skin

On 12 June 2025, the operator of the Cattenom nuclear power plant reported a significant radiation protection event concerning the exceeding of an annual individual dose limit by an EDF contractor. On 9 June 2025, this contractor was installing lead matting in reactor building 3, which was shut...
Reported by Autorité de Sûreté Nucleaire et de Radioprotection (ASNR) of France on 05 Aug 2025. Last update on 05 Aug 2025


United States of America, 08 Apr 2025, INES: 2

Workers Exceeded Annual Dose Limit

On April 8, 2025, two workers were performing waste handling activities in a hot cell basement of a cyclotron facility that produces strontium-82 from metallic rubidium targets. One worker removed a high-level liquid waste container from a shielded barrel and placed the unshielded container on the...
Reported by Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of United States of America on 17 Jul 2025. Last update on 17 Jul 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


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, 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


Czech Republic, 13 Jan 2025, INES: 2

Radiation worker exposure

On 13. 1. 2025, the lcencee reported a radiation emergency when an unplanned radiation exposure of a radiation worker occurred. The worker was in the radiation room with a source of ionizing radiation - the Chisostat SO 1 irradiator, which contained a sealed radionuclide source ("URZ") Co-60 with...
Reported by State Office for Nuclear Safety of Czech Republic on 07 Oct 2025. Last update on 07 Oct 2025


Korea, Republic of, 19 Nov 2024, INES: 3

Worker Exposure Caused by a Radiation-Generating Device

In November 2024, a worker was exposed to radiation during the inspection of an X-ray device used for foreign object detection in manufactured products at a facility that produces and sells such devices. The worker was conducting performance improvement work on the device (80kV, 1.25mA) and,...
Reported by Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) of Korea, Republic of on 29 Dec 2025. Last update on 29 Dec 2025


Korea, Republic of, 27 May 2024, INES: 3

Worker Exposure Caused by a Radiation-Generating Device

In May 2024, two workers at a semiconductor manufacturing company were exposed to radiation while inspecting an X-ray generator(60 kV, 100 mA) used for wafer thickness analysis. The workers were unaware that X-rays were being emitted and, in the process of identifying an malfunction of the device,...
Reported by Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) of Korea, Republic of on 29 Dec 2025. Last update on 29 Dec 2025


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