Vinča reactor/Boris Kidrič Institute reactor (partial meltdown) accident, 1958

Overview

One of the test reactors at the Vinča Nuclear Institute's/Boris Kidrič Institute's 1958 had reactor a criticality accident on 15 October 1958.

6 workers were heavily irradiated by a ozone cloud, killing one and injuring 5. The ozone cloud was probably not contained and escaped. The survivors received bone marrow transplants in Europe, in a French hospital. 1 received the first ever bone marrow transplants from a biologically unrelated person in Europe.

It did not officially have a INES rating, but probably was a Level 4 INES Scale event.

Also see

1. Atomic accidents and disasters
2. Environmental disasters

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin%C4%8Da_Nuclear_Institute
2. http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/nuclear/radevents/1958YUG1.html
3. https://www.ntanet.net/the-1958-reactor-accident-in-vinca-yugoslavia/
4. https://www.serbianmonitor.com/en/87891/
5. https://www.telegraf.rs/vesti/srbija/2907535-vinca-akcident-o-kome-se-cutalo-skoro-40-godina-dogadjaj-koji-je-usao-u-istoriju-nuklearne-energije