NORM IX

NORM IX Symposium Programme

Monday, 23 September 2019

​Opening Plenary Session

• Miroslav Pinak, IAEA: IAEA's Perspective on NORM - a Cross Cutting Activity "Improving Radiation Protection in Practice"
• Ruth McBurney, CRCPD: CRCPD and NORM
• Jean-Francois Lecomte, ICRP: The Unified Approach for Radiological Protection
• Shengli Niu, ILO: Labour and NORM
• Jing Chen, UNSCEAR: UNSCEAR's Evaluation of Occupational Exposure to NORM and Natural Radiation
• Emilie van Deventer, WHO: Natural Radioactivity: A Public Health Perspective
• Kathy Held, National Commission on Radiation Protection and Measurements: NCRP Activities and NORM/TENORM
• Jonathan Edwards, United States Environmental Protection Agency: EPA and NORM: A Decades-Long Relationship
• Jim Hondros, Nuclear Control and Consulting: IRPA Task Group on Radiation Protection in Industries Impacted by NORM
• Stephane Pepin, ENA: Introducing ENA - the European NORM Association
• David Allard, CHP, PA Dept. Env. Prot. Bureau of Radiation: A Case of Extremely High Indoor Radon Level in a Southeast Pennsylvania Housing

Track 1: Aspects of Protection of Workers, the Public and the Environment

• Boguslaw Michalik, SIlesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity: A systematic Approach to Occupational Exposure Monitoring and Assessment in NORM Involving Industries
• Boguslaw Michalik, SIlesian Centre for Environmental Radioactivity: System of Radiation Protection and Safety in Coal Mining Industry in Poland
• Helene Caplin, IRSN: Integrated Approach for Worker's Protection in Industries Involving NORM
• Peter Waggitt, Self: NORM and the Northern Territory of Australia
• Izabela Chmielewska, Central Mining Institute: 25 Years of Radiological Protection in Polish Coal Mines
• Mel Hebert, Independent: 25 Years of NORM Oilfield Worker & Public Radiation Monitoring
• Douglas Chambers, Arcadis: Radiation Protection in Mining with a Focus on Radon
• Gert Jonkers, Independent: Analytical Consequences Due to the Geo/Radio-Chemistry/Physics of the Members of the Thorium and Uranium Decay Series
• Kelly Jones, Public Health England: Dealing with Uncertainties within a Regulatory Framework

Track 2: Regulations and Recommendations for NORM

• Jean-Francois Lecomte, ICRP: The ICRP Approach for NORM
• H. Burcin Okyar, IAEA: Web-Based Information Exchange Platform on ORP in Industries Involving NORM - NORMEX
• Jim Hondros, JRHC Enterprises: Minor Changes Leading to Major Impacts - Practical Implications of New Inhalation Dose Factors in the Mining and Mineral Processing Industry
• Philip Egidi, United States Environmental Protection Agency: Developing a Strategy for Effective Management of NORM
• Jaekook Lee, Kyung Hee University; Korea Institut of Nuclear Safety: The Implementation of NORM Regulation and Challenges in Korea
• Konstantinos Karfopoulos, Greek Atomic Energy Commission: Challenges and Arrangements for the Regulatory Control of the Activities Involving NORM withing the Framework of the Transposition of the 2013/59/EURATOM Directive in Greek Legislation
• Cody Cuthill, Normtek Radiation Sevices Ltd.: Canada's Approach to the Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM)

Tuesday, 24 September 2019

 Track 1A: Decommissioning and Remediation

• Stuart Walker, EPA: Using the United States Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Superfund Remedial Program's Guidance, Risk Assessment Models, and Tools for the Remediation of Uranium Mine Sites
• Steven Brown, SHB Inc: Development of Radiological Screening Levels and Associated Gamma Survey Methodologies Being Applied for Radiological Characterization at US DOE Defense-Related Uranium Mines (DRUM) Sites
• Katie Catlett, Neptune and Compancy, Inc: A Comparison of RESRAD and GoldSim Software for Assessing Radiological Dose at Radioactive Waste Sites
• Nick Tsurikov, Calytrix Consulting: Computer modelling - are we making a nre generation of professionals ignorant?
• Alice Jagger, Yarex Consulting: Decommissioning NORM Contaminated Infrastructure: Practical Considerations
• Fabian Rechberger, Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety: Survey and monitoring of a radiologically contaminated legacy site in Austria
• Konstantinos Karfopoulos, Greek Atomic Energy Commission: Initiatives for the enhancement of the regulatory and metrogical infrastructure needed to ensure radiation safety in industrial activities involving NORM in TC Europe

Track 1B: Phosphate and Phosphogypsum

• Barbara Mazzilli, IPEN: Radiological evaluation of bricks made with NORM residue
• Barbara Mazzilli, IPEN: Radiological implications of using phosphogypsum as soil conditioner: a case study of Brazil
• Douglas Chambers, Arcadis: Radiation risks from selected uses of By-Product Phosphogypsum
• Neil Beckingham, Mosaic: Challenging the NORM - perceptions and realities of phosphogypsum
• Mohammad Al-Hwaiti, Al-Hussein Bin Talal University: Distribution and specification of uranium in Jordan phosphate rocks and their phosphate fertilizer industry
• Mohammed Taha, Nuclear Materials Authority: Natural Radioactivity Assessment of El-Sebeaya Low Grade Phosphate Rock and Hydrochloric Acid Leaching Residue
• ​Arabi Abdullahi Suleiman, Centre for Energy Research and Training: NORM, Heavy and Toxic Metals Contamination around Super Phosphate Fertilizer Company
• Wouter Schroeyers, Hasselt University: Use of phosphogypsum in alkali-activated binders: radiological and leaching assessment
• Ogunremi Ayorinde, Yaba College of Technology and Federal University of Agriculture: Assessment of Natural Radionuclides in Soil samples and Estimation of Radiation Doses around the proposed Phosphate Mining area in Oshosun, Ogun-State, Nigeria

Track 2A: NORM Measurements

• Yunyun Wu, NIRP: Measurement of the Radon Exhalation rate and Characteristic Parameters of Aerated Concrete Blocks
• Stephen Sadler, DURRIDGE UK & University of Sheffield: DURRIDGE Continuous Radon Measurement Technology - Present and Future
• Elizabeth Ruedig, Environmental Restoration Group: GPS-based gamma survey for decommissioning NORM sites
• Leo van Velzen, Private Consultant: NORM characterization and applied metrology in daily routine: Analyze results? I Want it Now (I-WIN)
• Arthur Desrosiers, Jacobs Engineering Group: Techniques for Indistinguishable from Background Surveys
• Celine Vilmain, Eurofins Eichrom Laboratories: Determination of radioactivity concentrations in building materials with respect to NORM issue

Track 2B: Oil and Gas Production Wastes

• David Allard, CHP, PA Dept. Env. Prot. Bureau of Radiation: Findings of the Pennsylvania Oil and Gas Industry TENORM Study
• William Lemons, PMET: Mandatory Air Monitoring of NORM Worker Inhalation Exposure from Gas NORM
• David Okoh Kpeglo, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission: Assessment of natural radioactivity in petroleum waste from oil fields in Ghana
• Ryno Botha, University of the Western Cape & Stellenbosch University: A baseline study of radon in groundwater prior to unconventional shale gas development in the Karoo Basin (South Africa)
• Marcelo Valinhas, PETROBRAS S. A: Waste Management of NORM Rejects and Hazardous Waste in offshore oil and gas production in Brazil: a view of the impacts of environmental and radioprotection regulation on the environmental, safety and financial management of high volume of NORM rejects stored
• Haydn Barros, Simon Bolivar University: TENORM accumulation in oil tube's radioactive scales at Venezuelan Industry: characterization and proposed solutions
• James Uhlemeyer, Kansas Dept of Health and Environment: Scoping NORM Waste from Drill Cuttings in Kansas

Wednesday, 25 September 2019

Track 1A: Waste Management

• Zhiwen Fan, IAEA: Update on Development of IAEA Safety Standards for NORM Residues Management
• Stephane Pepin, FANC: Regulations on management of NORM residues in Belgium: lessons and challenges
• Leo van Velzen, EURSSEM Environmental: International Network of Laboratories for Nuclear Waste Characterization (IAEA-LABONET): Support of the Non-Nuclear Industry at the characterization of NORM
• Roman Bilak, Terralog Technologies Inc. (TTI): Achieving Zero-Discharge NORM Waste Disposal using Slurry Fracture Injection (SFI) Technology
• Benjamin Klein, Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature, Conservation and Nuclear Safety: Regulatory framework for the handling of radiologically relevant legacy sites in Germany
• Talal Almahayni, Belgium Nuclear Research Centre: Leaching of naturally occurring radionuclides from roadway pavements stabilised with coal fly ash: A case study from the U.S.

Track 1B: Rare Earths and Zirconium

• Thammiris M. El Hajj, UNIFAL-MG: Radiological and mineralogical characterization of the tailings of a niobium ore treatment plant in Brazil
• Abayomi Ajetunmobi, Federal University of Agriculture: Determination of cleanup critera and estimation of radiological risks of Artisan miners in selected tantalite mining sites in Oke-Ogun, Oyo State, Nigeria
• Lisa Szegedi, Arcadis: Determining Coal Ash Impacts on Radium and Thorium Background Levels in Soil Using Rare Earth Element Analysis
• IyuLin Teng, Atomic Energy Licensing Board: Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) Waste Management
• Charles Simmons, Law Office of Charles T. Simmons: Zircon and Zirconia under the U.S. System of TENORM Regulation

Track 2A: Miscellaneous NORM Topics and Stakeholder Communication

• Yunxuan Liao, Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center of MEE: Some Proposals on Technical Requirement for Radiation Environmental Impact of Industrial Activities Involving NORM
• Mila Pelkonen, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority: FINNORM-Steps towards surveying the NORM in Finland
• Qifan Wu, Department of Engineering Physics of Tsinghua University: Environmental Radiation Impact of the NORM Activities in China
• Guofeng Zheng, Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center: Preliminary analysis of the results of NORMs in the second Nationwide Pollution Sources Survey
• Peter Olagbaju, Federal University of Agriculture: Distribution of naturally occurring radionuclide and mineralogical characterization of soil of ljeby Ife. Ogun State, Nigeria
• Chun Yang, Ministry of Ecology and Environment: Introduction to Radiation Environmental Regulation for Exploitation and Utilization of Other Radioactive Mines in China
• Xiaowei Xiong, Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center: Discharge Limits of Development and Utilization of Effluents from NORM Industries

Track 2B: Radon - Thoron

• Pam Warkentin, CARST: Radon in Canada - Protecting Canadians in their Indoor Environment
• Peter Schmidt, Wismut GmbH: Measurement of indoor radon concentrations at uranium mining legacy sites and sites of elevated natural radioactivity with the aim of deriving mitigation measures
• Saidou, Institute of Geological and Mining Research and Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine: Measurement of indoor radon concentrations at uranium mining legacy sites and sites of elevated natural radioactivity with the aim of deriving mitigation measures
• Budha Ram Shah, Nepal Academy of Science and Technology: Assessment of Radon Concentration in Earthquake Affected Areas of Nepal
• Margaret Chege, Kenyatta University: Thoron: The unrecognized carcinogen in earthen dwellings typical to rural Africa and Asia

Thursday, 26 September 2019

Track 1A: Water Treatment

• Billy Dam, Billy Dam Consulting: Enhancing Jordanian National Capabilities in Investigation and Treatment of Natural Radioactivity in Drinking Water: Hydrogeology, Geochemistry and Radium Removal
• Izabela Chmielewska, Central Mining Institute: NORM in formation waters in polish coal mines
• James McCullough, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection: Evaluation of the production and disposition of TENORM (Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurrring Radioactive Materials) waste generated from water treatment activities in Southern New Jersey
• Krishan Kant, Aggarwal College Ballabgarh: Radioactivity level estimation by using alpha scintillation detector based Smart RnDuo monitor in the water samples
• Mathilde Zebracki, IRSN: Importance of redox interfaces regarding the fate and behavior of radium in surface waters impacted by NORMs

​Track 1B: Industry Challenges

• Gert Jonkers, Private Consultant: Geothermal Energy and NORM in the Netherlands
• Fernando Carvalho, Laboratório de Protecção e Segurança Radiológica Instituto Superior Técnico: Coal mining and natural radioactivity in the coastal area of Halong Bay in North Vietnam
• Nick Tsurikov, Calytrix Consulting: NORM in Western Australia - plenty of mineral but not enough human resources
• Guofeng Zheng, Nuclear and Radiation Safety Center : Preliminary analysis of the results of NORMs in the second Nationwide Pollution Sources Survey
• Taiwo Aluko, Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta Ogun State Nigeria: Radiological assessment of mining activities in some parts of Oyo State South Western Nigeria
• Art Nash, University of Alaska Fairbanks: Communicating Retesting Protocol During and After Subsurface Disturbing Disasters

Track 2A: Uranium Recovery

• Halil Burcin Okyar, IAEA: A new IAEA safety report on occupational radiation protection in the uranium mining and processing industry
• Halil Burcin Okyar, IAEA: UMEX Project, an IAEA survey of global uranium mining and processing occupational doses
• Christopher Grossman, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission: US NRC Interim Safety Guide on "Evaluations of Uranium Recovery Facility Surveys of Radon and Radon Progeny in Air and Demonstration of Compliance with 10 CFR 20.1301"
• Steven Brown, SHB Inc: Radiological Aspects of Alkaline Leach Uranium in Situ Recovery (ISR) Facilities in the United States
• Bemnet Alemayehu, NRDC: Envrionmental and Public Health Threats of Acid In-Situ Leach (ISL) Uranium Mining
• Fernando Carvalho, Laboratório de Protecção e Segurança Radiológica Instituto Superior Técnico: Remediation of Uranium Mining Legacy in Protugal
• Peter Waggitt, Dept of Primary Industry and Resources: Uranium mine remediation in Australia's Northern Territory
• Yasser Khawassek, Nuclear Materials Authority: Waste Management for Uranium Ore Processing in Nuclear Materials Authority, Egypt

Track 2B: Transportation Security Issues

• Charles Massey, IAEA: The Nuclear Safety and Nuclear Security Interface on NORM Transport: Experience, Challenges and Opportunities
• Na Li, General Administration of Chinese Customs: Challenges and opportunities for Chinese customs in applying security measures for cargo containers transporting NORM
• Indunil Liyanage, Sri Lanka Customs: Challenges in applying safety and security measures in NORM alarm assessments in Colombo, Sri Lanka seaport
• Chonlagarn Iamsumang, IAEA: NORM Transport and Safety Challenges and Opportunities - The Thai Perspective
• Dritan Prifti, Institute of Applied Nuclear Physics: Challenges in applying safety and security measures in NORM alarms assessment in sea ports and land border points in Albania
• Lucen Zafimanjato, Institute National des Sciences et Techniques Nucleaires: Safety Security Interface in Madagascar Experience, Challenges and Opportunities with transport of NORM
• Frank Harris, Rio Tinto: The transport and export of rare earth concentrates containing elevated concentrations of thorium and radium
• Geri Blanchard, NORM SOLUTIONS LLC: Security and International Transportation of NORM

Friday, 27 September 2019

Clossing Plenary Session

• NORM IX: Report of Sessions Rapporteurs
• Leo van Velzen: NORM X Symposium
• H. Burcin Okyar and Kelly Jones: Overarching NORM Issue

Posters

• Addo Moses, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission: Measurement of Natural Radioactivity in Soil Samples along Roadways in High Commercial Areas of the Ketu South District of the Volta Region, Ghana
• Al-Yousifi Yousef, Kuwait Oil Company: A Case Study on Workplace Exposure Monitoring for Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials
• Chen Jing, Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada: An Activity Concentration-Based Proposal for Radon Management in NORM WOrkplaces
• Fidanchevski Emilija, Ss Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje: Mechanical and Radiological Study of Fly Ash Embedded in the Clay Matrix
• Helal Nadia, Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority: NORM Waste Disposal Alternatives Generated by the Egyptian Oil Industry
• Karfopoulos Konstantinos, Greek Atomic Energy Commission: Environmental Monitoring Programme Around a Phosphogypsum Disposal Area
• Katengeza Estiner, University of Malawi, The University of Tokyo: Current Status of Regulation on Radiation in Malawi
• Kovler Konstantin, National Building Research Institute: A Radon Survey in Israel Involving School Children Using the "RADONTEST" Online System
• Moreira Edson, Research Reactor Center, CERPq: Naturally Occurring Radionuclides in a Fish Reference Material
• Muniz Luiza, Jabarra Radioprotecao, Brazil: Proposal for NORM Treatment and Final Disposal in Brazil
• Murty Venkata Sai Prabhakara, Kuwail Oil Company: Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in the Oil and Gas Industry - Management and Challenges
• Noguera Ana, Universidad de la Republica, Uruguay: Radiometric Investigation of Aguas Dulces Black Sands, Uruguay
• Nyambura Catherine, Kenyatta University: Risk Assessment Due to Consumption of Natural Radionuclides in Cassava from Kilimambogo, Kenya
• Suseno Heny, Badan Tenaga Nuklir Nasional Jakarta: Concentrations of Naturally Occurring Radionuclides in Marine Environment of Mamaju, Indonesia
• Tushe Kozeta, Institute of Applied Nuclear Physics: Study on Indoor Radon Measurements with Passive Method in Schools and Workplaces in Tirana City
• Wang Nanping, China University of Geosciences: Radionuclide Activity Concentration and Radon Concentration in Soil in the Surrounding Areas of the Phosphate Mine in Yunnan Province, China
• Reichelt Andreas, TUV SUD Industry Services, Germany: Determination of Radiation Exposure during the Production of Fertilizers by Measurements
• Wu Yunyun, National Institute for Radiological Protection China: Measurement of the Radon Exhalation Rate and Characteristic Parameters of Aerated Concrete Blocks

Workshops

Cradle to Grave Workshop

• ​David S. Allard: Introduction to Radiation Protection and NORM
• Alex Lopez: NORM Characterization
• Rick Jacobi: Legal & Regulatory Consideration
• Philip Egidi: Worker Protection, HP & Compliance
• Mel Hebert: Packaging/Transport/Disposal Option

​Workshop on Continuing Efforts for NORM Regulatory Development and Risk-Informed Decision Making

• Max Scott: Historical overview and the need for consistent regulation
• Bill Kennedy, NCRP: Commentary on NORM/TENORM from the Oil and Gas Industry in the United States
• Gary Forsee: Domestic Approaches to TENORM Issues and a Draft Regulatory Framework
• Stephane Pepin, IAEA: TECDOC Presentation
• Andy Lombardo: Risk Assessment and Effective Risk Communication

​ENVIRONET Workshop

• Horst Monken Fernandes: Outstanding Gaps in NORM Management and the Need for Additional Effort at the International Community Level: The Path Forward
• Gert Jonkers: Key Elements of a National NORM Policy and Strategy
• Wouter Schroeyers: Towards a New Guidance for Establishing a NORM Inventory
• Horst Monken Fernandes: Assessment of Cost Associated with NORM Management: Progress on Task 3 from the IAEA ENVIRONET NORM PROJECT
• Boguslaw Michalik: How to Build the National-Level NORM Inventory? An Example Developed from Scratch
• Cristina Nuccetelli: Processing of Zircon Sands: the Italian Inventory

​EPA Risk Assessment Overview

• Stuart Walker: Superfund Radiation Risk Assessment Calculator Training
• Stuart Walker: RAD Training - Practice Sessions "Rad Risk on the Rock"

IAEA Workshop on the Safe Management of NORM

​Session 1: Worker Protection in Industrial Operations Involving NORM

• H. Burcin Okyar: IAEA Safety Standards - General Safety Guide on Occupational Radiation Protection (GSG-7) and its coverage for NORM
• Konstantinos Karfopoulos: Challenges in Regulating NORM for proper Worker Protection-Prior Radiological Characterisation and Realistic Dose Assessment
• Jim Hondros: Radiation Protection Programme (how to establish and maintain)
• H. Burcin Okyar: Case Study: ORPAS Peer review and how NORM is covered
• Teng Iyu Lin: ORPAS 2018 Mission to Indonesia
• H. Burcin Okyar: Information Exchange Platforms (ORPNET/UMEX/NORMEX)

​​Session 2: Management of Residues containing NORM from Uranium production and other activities

• Stephane Pepin: Introduction to development IAEA Safety Standards for Management of Residues Containing Naturally Occurring Radioactive material from Uranium Production and Other NORM Activities (SSG-60)
• Gary Forsee: Origin and characterization of NORM residues
• Stephane Pepin: Regulatory framework in graded approach
• Gary Forsee: Strategy of NORM residues management and consideration of long-term safety