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Lithuania: Ignalina Reactor Incidents Table

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Unit	Date	Problem	INES	Radiation	Injury	Shut down?	Source
2	4/2/98	Leak in cooling system	0	N	N	27 days	Interfax, 5/5/98
1	3/03/98	Operator error causes unit to shutdown	0	N	N	2 Days	Baltic News Service, 3/5/98
2	11/04/96	Automatically shut down when 3rd turbo-generator turned off	0	N	N	--	Baltic News Service, 11/4/96
1	9/10/96	Oil leak	0	N	N	2 days	The Baltic Times, 9/12-18/96 p.3
1	8/27/96	Water leak in cooling system	0	N	N	1 week	UI Newsbriefing 96.34, 8/21-28/96
--	8/07/96	Steam discharge	--	N	N	--	Reuter, 8/7/96
--	7/08/96	Steam supply valve malfunction	--	N	--	Few hours	Itar-Tass, 7/9/96, FBIS-SOV-96-133
--	7/05/96	Steam supply valve malfunction	--	N	--	Few hours	Itar-Tass, 7/9/96, FBIS-SOV-96-133
2	5/14/96	Main circulation pump shut down	0	N	N	No, dropped to 60% for 12 hours	Baltic News Service Daily Report, 5/15/96
1	2/09/96	Electric cable damage caused shutdown	0	N	N	2 1/2 days	Baltic News Service Daily Report, 2/12/96
2	1/25/96	Repairs causes accidental shut down	0	N	N	3 hours	Baltic News Service Daily Report, 1/25/96
2	1/07/96	Leak in cooling system pipes	0	N	N	Approximately 5 days	Baltic News Service Daily Report, 1/8/96
--	11/30/95	Radiation escape	1 or 2*	Y	--	--	Baltic News Service Daily Report, 1/8/96
2	11/23/95	Shut down after security alarm malfunction	0	N	N	2 days	Baltic News Service Daily Report, 11/27/95
2	11/22/95	--	0	N	N	No, reduced capacity for a few hours	Segodnya, 11/25/95, p.5
1	11/12/95	Fire in machine room	0	N	N	24 hours	RFE/RL Digest, No. 222, Part II, 11/14/9
2	11/95	12 tons of water released from emergency core cooling tanks	1	--	--	--	Soviet Plant Source Book, 1/96, p. 196
--	8/95	Power supply accidentally cut off	1	--	--	No, reduced power supply	Soviet Plant Source Book, 1/96, p. 197
1	11/03/94	Coolant leak	0	--	--	temporarily	Nucleonics Week, 11/10/94, pp. 7-8
1	8/09/94	Generator stopped working	--	N	--	24 hours	Russia & CIS Today, 8/10/94, p. 6
--	7/11/94	Control rod switch improperly installed	1	--	--	--, replaced switch	Soviet Plant Source Book, 1/96, p. 196
--	2/22/94	Radiated steam escaped	1	Y	--	--	UPI, 2/25/94
--	2/94	Fire protection equipment freezes	1	--	--	--	Soviet Plant Source Book, 1/96, p. 196
--	2/94	Damaged sealing gaskets	1	--	--	temporarily	Soviet Plant Source Book, 1/96, p. 196
1	1/94	Control board fire	0	--	--	temporarily	Soviet Plant Source Book, 1/96, p. 196
1	1/94	Faulty weld releases contaminated water	--	--	--	temporarily	Soviet Plant Source Book, 1/96, p. 196

-- Information unavailable.
* There was a dispute over the INES rating of this incident. VATESI states that the incident rated a 2.

Last updated 10 February 1999
For more recent updates, see the Ignalina NPP Developments 1998-Present file.

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