The International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale (INES) is a tool for communicating the safety significance of nuclear and radiological events to the public. Member States use INES on a ...

the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale, which rates nuclear and radiological events according to their safety significance. NEWS is run by the IAEA and co-sponsored by the Nuclear ...

On the International Nuclear Event Scale it is rated as a Level 5 event — an "accident with wider consequences".

The disaster was rated a 5 out of 7 on the International Nuclear Events Scale, resulting in nearly 250 cases of cancer, around 100 of which were fatal. It was a disaster with regional consequences ...

The incident, which occurred on March 28 of that year, rated five on the International Nuclear Event Scale from 0 to 7. The accident led to 'very small' releases of radioactivity, according to the ...