http://www.climatesceptics.org In a lead foundry, a foundryman extracted lead by heating from a shielding heads of a radiotherapeutic unit. Before the lead extraction he dismantled the heads not knowing that inside one of them was a radioactive source left. Than he carried out a tube with the source. The tube with the source was left in the room. The following day (10th January) morning, the foundryman continued the work preparing for the lead extraction (for about 2 hours). http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/961 http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/961 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 50.661840 13.732306 INES 2 (Czech Republic): Overexposure of a worker in a lead foundry On 18 January 2012, Cattenom's operator (EDF) notified ASN that the absence of a "siphon breaker" orifice on the fuel storage pools of reactors 2 and 3 had been detected during an inspection performed by EDF teams. During an inspection carried out on 21 December 2011 as part of the measures taken following the post-Fukushima complementary safety assessments, the operator found out that these siphon-breakers were indeed present on the Cattenom NPP reactors 1 and 4, but not on reactors 2 and 3. http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/960 http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/960 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100 49.405600 6.241860 INES 2 (Cattenom, France): A pipe nonconformity in two Cattenom NPP fuel storage pools A radiographer was taking several radiographic films to a pipes by the night. In order to be sure that the guide tube was correctly the radiographer went to the tube guide an collimator to fix them. This operation was made by 40 times. Eventually the radiographer touched with his left hand, at least 10 times, the tube guide where the source was unnoticed. Also, two auxiliar staff went to the radiographer position carrying the films to be checked at least by 40 and 20 times. The radioactive source was 3199,5 GBq Ir-192. The event was detected at the end of job. http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/959 http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/959 Thu, 12 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 -12.513800 -76.745800 INES 3 (Peru): Accident in industrial radiography On December 22nd 2011 Sogin S.p.A, which operates the former plant Fabbricazioni Nucleari of Bosco Marengo (AL) currently under decommissioning, communicated to ISPRA (Institute for Environmental Protection and Research)-which perform the functions of Nuclear Safety Authority- an anomalous event related to the decontamination machine by 'shot blasting' located inside the plant occurred at 9:25 am local time. The machine is used to treat solid materials with very low contamination, resulting from the dismantling activities, in order to be cleared from the plant. http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/958 http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/958 Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100 44.829091 8.745975 INES 1 (Bosco Marengo, Italy): Start of a fire in decontamination machine On April 7 ITN ( the Nuclear and Technological Institute), the institution responsible for the interim storage of radioactive waste in Portugal, was contacted by a private company that requested instructions on how to dismantle, handle and transport a radioactive lightning rod (containing a category 5 radioactive source). Detailed instructions were provided by ITN to the company. On October 4, the lightning rod was finally delivered at ITN. http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/956 http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/956 Tue, 04 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200 41.133300 -8.616670 INES 1 (Portugal): Hazardous manipulation of a lightning rod with Ra-226 One of the licensee's cyclotron operators received an extremity acute overexposure of 530 mSv (53.01 rem) to the right finger during the month of September as a result of cyclotron operations. The acute exposure brought the individual's total extremity exposure to 690 mSv (69 rem) for the year. The Regulatory Authority for this cyclotron, the State of Kansas, is continuing their investigation of the incident. http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/957 http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/957 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200 37.687000 -97.335600 INES 2 (United States of America): Extremity Overexposure to Radiation Worker History The gamma-irradiation facility (GIF), located in the town of Stamboliyski, was put into operation in 1980, charged with 49 sealed Co-60 sources with a total activity of 426 TBq. The GIF was owned by the Agricultural Academy and had been used for the irradiation of food and agricultural products, as well as for scientific experiments. From 1997 till 2005 the GIF has not been used for its intended purpose and the sources were temporarily stored in the facility. In 2005, the sources were transferred for long-term storage to the Novi Han RAW Repository. http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/946 http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/946 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200 42.147114 24.533730 INES 4 (Bulgaria): Overexposure of workers at irradiation facility - follow up On 28 Sep 2011 evening, a citizen equipped by the chance with a special watches with dosemeter, informed the Police of the Czech Republic that there was an increased radiation on a children playground in Prague 4. By activating the integrated emergency services the police and fire brigade arrived to the location. The increased radiation was confirmed, State Office for Nuclear Safety (SONS) dispatched a mobile group of National Radiation Protection Institute, which measures the radiation and identified the source. The amounts of dose were approx. http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/952 http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/952 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200 50.079100 14.433200 INES 1 (Czech Republic): Found radioactive source The licensee radiography crew believed they had retracted the source back into the body of the radiography camera. They then approached the pipe. One radiographer noticed that an indicator on the camera suggested the source was actually not fully retracted into the body of the camera. The radiographers' survey meters registered a zero reading; however, one radiographer's digital rate meter was alarming. One of the radiographers turned one crank on the camera, and that is when the source became fully retracted. http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/955 http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/955 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200 41.665800 -76.263100 INES 2 (United States of America): Over Exposure to Radiographer The licensee-radiographer, climbed a ladder to remove the guide tube from an SA Model 880 radiography camera, which contained a 1.8 TBq (49.3 curie) Ir-192 source. The radiography camera was suspended by a rope. As he did this, another employee walked by and noticed that the survey meter, which was on the ground, had pegged off scale. He communicated this to the radiographer on the ladder who then realized the source was not retracted into the camera, but was still in the guide tube. He then climbed down the ladder and retracted the source. http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/954 http://www.climatesceptics.org/event/954 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200 31.168900 -100.077000 INES 2 (United States of America): Overexposure to Radiographer