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<strong>Regional</strong> <strong>Basic</strong> <strong>Professional</strong> <strong>Tra<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g</strong> <strong>Course</strong> (BPTC) on Nuclear Safety<br />

2.3. International Nuclear Event Scale<br />

As shown <strong>in</strong> Fig. 6, this INES web-page conta<strong>in</strong>s four sub-menus; the INES, Structure and<br />

Examples, Evaluation Status and Search. As of Sept. 2008, a total of 165 events are evaluated<br />

and registered <strong>in</strong> the INES and also the same brief <strong>in</strong>formation of NEED are <strong>in</strong>cluded.<br />

Fig 6. INES Web-page<br />

At present, the IAEA recommends the member states to evaluate an event <strong>in</strong> 8 grades,<br />

from 0 to 7 where grade "0" is for "No Safety Significance", grade "1" is for "Anomaly",<br />

grade "2" is for "Incident", grade "3" is for "Serious Incident", grade "4" is for "Accident<br />

without Significant Off-Site Risk", grade "5" is for "Accident with Off-Site Risk", grade<br />

"6" is for "Serious Accident", grade "7" is for "Major Accident"<br />

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