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by mrbn100ful
539 days ago
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"Resulting in a Level 2 event on the International Nuclear Event Scale." A level 2 on the INES is an Incident. A major Accident would be a level 7. A level 2 is not that bad :
Impact on people and environment:
Exposure of a member of the public in excess of 10 mSv.
Exposure of a worker in excess of the statutory annual limits.
Impact on radiological barriers and control: Radiation levels in an operating area of more than 50 mSv/h.
Significant contamination within the facility into an area not expected by design.
Impact on defence-in-depth: Significant failures in safety provisions but with no actual consequences.
Found highly radioactive sealed orphan source, device or transport package with safety provisions intact.
Inadequate packaging of a highly radioactive sealed source. |
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