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
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
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
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
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
The incident occurred at a radio-pharmacy facility used to produce Technetium-99m doses for medical purposes. One operator received a needle stick injury during the drawing of radiopharmaceutical doses from Technetium-99m elute stock. Dose estimates have been made based upon assumptions that were... Reported by Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) of United Kingdom on 19 Oct 2021. Last update on 19 Oct 2021