INES directory

On this page you can browse the directory of reported nuclear and radiation incidents reported to the IAEA.

Please be aware that this directory is not complete, certainly not below INES-2, as different national regulatory bodies have different measures as to what to report to the IAEA and what not.

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Event date Location Incident INES level
1997-03-11 KOEBERG-2 Uncontrolled entry into room under reactor vessel during refuelling outage 2
1997-03-11 TOKAI REPROCESSING PLANT Fire and Explosion at the Bituminization Demonstration Facility of the Reprocessing Plant 3
1997-03-07 PALUEL-1 Exceeding the required operating limits, aggravated by safety culture problems 2
1997-03-02 KAKRAPAR-1 Reactor trip on PHT pressure less than 79.6 kg/cm2 for 15 seconds
1997-02-05 ENUSA Supposedly empty shipping containers found to contain nuclear material 1
1997-02-04 ARMENIA-2 Reactor trip due to short circuit on control and protection system of generator
1997-02-03 BNFL, Sellafield Spillage of active liquor 2
1997-02-02 BNFL, Sellafield Release of airborne activity into the workplace resulted in a building evacuation 2
1997-01-17 ALMARAZ-2 Slow insertion of control rods 1
1997-01-17 POINT LEPREAU Primary heat transport system leakage from coolant channel outlet feeder 1
1997-01-01 KRSKO Inadvertent closure of the MSIV caused safety injection and plant trip
1996-12-14 DAMPIERRE-1 Leakage on a piping connected to the primary circuit 2
1996-11-21 BORSSELE Operation of unit with insufficient containment function 2
1996-11-11 KOZLODUY-6 Small leak in one steam generator
1996-11-01 OSKARSHAMN-2 One of the emergency core cooling systems - the core spray system - was unavailable at Oskarshamn-2 2
1996-10-08 ARMENIA-2 Reactor trip due to short circuit on the high-voltage line
1996-10-06 DUKOVANY-4 Scram of the reactor caused by a wrong operation of the control room operator 1
1996-10-04 POINT LEPREAU Emergency water/reheater drains distribution header damage inside the steam generators 2
1996-09-14 ULCHIN-2 Blockage of sea water screen by jellyfish
1996-08-19 CLINTON-1 RCIC turbine insulation fire

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