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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


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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