7th Workshop
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The 7th workshop of the EANNORM network since 2007 was held from 4th to 5th December 2014 at the Central Organisation for Radioactive Waste (COVRA N.V.) in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. The workshop was devoted to “Disposal of NORM in EU member states”. Around 63 participants from 15 different countries attended the workshop. The abstract of the presentations are available below.
Tuesday, December 4th
Zhiwen Fan, (IAEA, Vienna): Long-term Management of NORM Residues
Charlotte Cazala, (IRSN, France): Euratom directive 2013/59 transposition regarding NORM
Geert Biermans, (FANC, Belgium): The Belgian regulatory approach to natural radioactivity in industrial groundwater use
Boguslaw Michalik, (GIG, Poland): The IAEA-tecdoc-1712 in the light of new European BSS
Tobias Hein, (BRENK, Germany): Disposal of NORM contaminated filter strainer cloth in compliance with German regulations
Rainer Barthel, (BRENK. Germany): Activity levels and disposal of NORM waste from waterworks according to criteria for drinking water quality and German regulations for radiation protection and transport of radioactive material
Markus R. Schmidt, (BfS, Germany): The impact of NORM on radioactive waste disposal in Germany
Cristina Nuccetelli, (National Health Institute, Italy): Some examples of phosphate residue disposal in Italy
Anne Delos, (ARCADIS, France): Different options for NORM waste disposal
Wednesday, December 3th
Mark Elert, (Kemakta Konsult AB, Sweden): Evaluating the suitability of NORM disposal options using coupled migration and dose calculations
Thomas Streil, (SARAD, Germany): Mobile Unit for Site Characterization in Environmental Remediation Projects
Boguslaw Michalik, (GIG, Poland): The unique properties of standard samples made from special NORM waste
Boguslaw Michalik, (GIG, Poland): The multi-criteria feasibility study of a safe utilization of NORM waste on example of radium rich sediments from coal mining industry
Juan Carlos Mora, (Ciemat, Spain): Generic dose conversion factors to be used in the incineration of NORM waste
Geert Biermans, (FANC, Belgium): Reuse of filter-cake from titaniumdioxide industry: technical and regulatory aspects
Kees Oranje, (Van Gansewinkel Minerals, Netherlands): Reuse of NORM materials
Thursday, December 4th
Stephane Pepin, (FANC, Belgium): Use of high-pressure water-jetting in decontamination of phosphate facilities
Ernst-Michael Steffan, (EXXON, Germany): Handling and disposal of NORM Waste from E & P Industries in Germany
Juan Carlos Mora, (Ciemat, Spain): Is the dilution of NORM residues an option for their management
Per Varskog, (Norwegian Oil & Gas Association, Norway): NORM storage and disposal in Norway
Sjoerd de Jonge, (Radiatco, Netherlands): Useful applications of NORM´s
Friday, December 5th – EANNORM TOPICAL DAY, “Building Materials”, Vlissingen
Rob Wiegers, (IBR, Netherlands): Revision of the BSS: impact for the building industry
Wouter Schroeyers, (NuTeC, Belgium): How to evaluate reuse pathways for NORM in building materials in the framework of COST action NORM4Building
Cristina Nuccetelli, (ISS, Italy): Use of indexes for building materials containing NORM residues and radon issue
Karin Wichterey, (BfS, Germany): Practical Approach to Dose Assessments Resulting from Building Materials
Stephane Pepin, (FANC, Belgium): Belgian regulations on NORM recycling in building material: current situation and challenges from the EU BSS