The 4th EANNORM – Workshop, organised and hosted by NuTeC – XIOS Hogeschool Limburg in cooperation with IAF-Radioökologie GmbH, was held from 29th November to 1st December 2011 in Hasselt (Belgium). This workshop was dedicated to “Transportation of NORM, NORM Measurements and Strategies, Building Materials”. 84 participants from 18 different European countries took part in the discussions and shared their experiences.
1. Session: International aspects of NORM
Janssens, A. (EC): Current status of the revision of the BSS
Haridasan, P. P. (IAEA): Implications of the revised international basic safety standards on natural sources
2. Session: Transportation of NORM
Schwela, U. (Tantalum-Niobium International Study Centre, Belgium): Denial of transport of NORM’
Steffan E.-M. (EXXON MOBILE, Germany): Classification, Labelling and Packaging of NORM Production Residuals from Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production
Fias, P.; Pepin, S. (Controlatom – FANC, Belgium): NORM transportation in the port of Antwerp: overview and lessons
Welbergen, J. (COVRA, The Netherlands): International transport of radioactive materials including NORM
Nilsen, M. (NRPA, Norway): Transfrontier shipment of NORM waste
Weiss, D. (GRS, Germany): Exposure of Workers from the Transport of NORM in Germany
3. Session: NORM Measurements and Strategies
García Tenorio, R. (University of Seville, Spain): Occupational and Public Exposure Assessment in a Spanish Titanium Dioxide industry: a case study
Kunte, A. (LfU, Germany): Industrial uses of zircon and zirconia and the related exposure in Bavaria
Natvig, H. (NRPA, Norway): Measurements of NORM in the Oil and Gas Industry
Smits, B. (AF Decom, Norway): NORM Management in Decommissioning of Petroleum Installations
Reichelt, A. (TÜV, Germany): Sampling and sample preparation of NORM residues
Casacuberta, N. (University of Barcelona, Spain): Study of a dicalcium phosphate industrial plant in the NORM context and within the regulatory Spanish framework
Sidhu, R. (IFE, Norway): NORM services provided by Institute for Energy Technology
4. Session: Disposal of NORM
Pepin, S. (FANC, Belgium): Belgian acceptation criteria for NORM residues: theory and practice
Hiller, P. (NNL,UK): NNL’s Systematic Approach to the Characterisation, Treatment and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes and its Application to NORM.
Prlic, I.; Vučić, Z.; Hajdinjak, M. (IMI, Croatia): A practical simple ambient dose rate mapping method to assess the area of pockets containing enhanced concentration activities of NORM at a large slag and ashes deposition site
Gellermann, R. (FUGRO Consult, Germany): Control of masses, activities and doses during remediation measures at a radioactive contaminated site in Hannover
Varskog, P., Schulz, H. (Norse Decom AS, Norway – IAF, Germany): Radon in an underground NORM Repository
Michalik, B. (GIG, Poland): The fate and behaviour of NORM with respect to environmental protection
5. Session: Building Materials
Poffijn, A., Vanmarcke H., Wiegers, R. (FANC, SCK-CEN, Belgium, IBR, The Netherlands): The revision of the EU-BSS and its implications for the building industry and the EU-society
Hoffmann B. (BfS, Germany): Radon Exhalation Measurement and Assessment of Building Materials: why and how?
Nuccetilli, C. (ISS, Italy): Natural radioactivity in building materials in the European Union: a database and an estimate of radiological significance
Mora, J.C. (CIEMAT, Spain): Radiological impact of fly ashes from coal combustion
Pontikes, Y. (KULeuven, Belgium): Radioactive elements in Bayer’s process bauxite residue and their impact in valorization options
Bolivar, J. P. (Universidad de Huelva, Spain): Minimization and elimination of NORM waste from titanium dioxide industry through their valorisation in final commercial products
Stals, M. (NuTeC-XIOS, Belgium): The use of portable equipment for the Activity Concentration Index determination of building materials: Methodology and first results
Vuorinen, P. (CEN/TC 351/WG 3, Finland): A method for the determination of the activity concentrations of the radionuclides 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in construction products using semiconductor gamma-ray spectrometry
V. Jobbágy (IRMM, Belgium): NORM measurements and its possible difficulties