EANNorm Round-Table "Transportation of NORM, NORM Measurements and Strategies, Building Materials"
Nov. 28th - Dec. 1st 2011, Hasselt (Belgium)
Program flow
28 Nov 2011, Monday
| 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM |
Meeting of Scientific Committee
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| 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM |
Welcome drink ('sky lounge, Radisson blu')
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29 Nov 2011, Tuesday
| 8:30 AM |
Registration
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| 9:15 AM |
Opening Sonja Schreurs and Hartmut Schulz |
| Chariperson: Hartmut Schulz |
| 1. session: International aspects of NORM |
| 9:45 AM |
Janssens, A. (EC): Current status of the revision of the BSS |
| 10:15 AM |
Haridasan, P. P. (IAEA): Implications of the revised international basic safety standards on natural sources |
| 10:45 AM |
Coffee break and exhibition |
| Chariperson: Augustin Janssens |
| 2. session: Transportation of NORM |
| 11:15 AM |
Schwela, U. (Tantalum-Niobium International Study Centre, Belgium): Denial of transport of NORM’ |
| 11:45 AM |
Steffan E.-M. (EXXON MOBILE, Germany): Classification, Labelling and Packaging of NORM Production Residuals from Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production |
| 12:00 PM |
Lunch (sandwich buffet) with exhibition |
| 1:30 PM |
Fias, P.; Pepin, S. (Controlatom – FANC, Belgium): NORM transportation in the port of Antwerp: overview and lessons |
| 2:00 PM |
Welbergen, J. (COVRA, The Netherlands): International transport of radioactive materials including NORM |
| 2:30 PM |
Coffee break and exhibition |
| 3:00 PM |
Nilsen, M. (NRPA, Norway): Transfrontier shipment of NORM waste |
| 3:15 PM |
Weiss, D. (GRS, Germany): Exposure of Workers from the Transport of NORM in Germany |
| 3:45 PM |
Panel discussion and round table
Chairperson: André Poffijn
Pannel members: Erik Cottens (FANC), Dietmar Weiss (GRS), Ulric Schwela (Tantalium-Niobium International Study Center), Pascal Fias (AV Controlatom)
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| 5:00 PM |
Exhibition |
| 6:00 PM |
Social event and 1e conference dinner ('Het Borrelhuis') |
30 Nov 2011, Wednesday
| 9:00 AM |
Schulz, H. (IAF, Germany): News and perspectives of EAN-NORM |
| 9:10 AM |
Poffijn, A. (FANC, Belgium): Announcement of EU – NORM, Tallin |
| Chairperson: P. P. Haridasan |
| 3. session: NORM Measurements and Strategies |
| 9:20 AM |
García Tenorio, R. (University of Seville, Spain): Occupational and Public Exposure Assessment in a Spanish Titanium Dioxide industry: a case study |
| 9:40 AM |
Kunte, A. (LfU, Germany): Industrial uses of zircon and zirconia and the related exposure in Bavaria |
| 10:00 AM |
Coffee break and exhibition |
| 10:30 AM |
Natvig, H. (NRPA, Norway): Measurements of NORM in the Oil and Gas Industry |
| 10:50 AM |
Smits, B. (AF Decom, Norway): NORM Management in Decommissioning of Petroleum Installations |
| 11:10 AM |
Reichelt, A. (TÜV, Germany): Sampling and sample preparation of NORM residues |
| 11:30 AM |
Lunch (sandwich buffet) with exhibition and practical session SCK-CEN (in groups)
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| 2:00 PM |
Casacuberta, N. (University of Barcelona, Spain): Study of a dicalcium phosphate industrial plant in the NORM context and within the regulatory Spanish framework |
| 2:15 PM |
Sidhu, R. (IFE, Norway): NORM services provided by Institute for Energy Technology |
| Chariperson: C. Nuccetelli |
| 4. session: Disposal of NORM |
| 2:30 PM |
Pepin, S. (FANC, Belgium): Belgian acceptation criteria for NORM residues: theory and practice |
| 3:00 PM |
Hiller, P. (NNL,UK): NNL’s Systematic Approach to the Characterisation, Treatment and Disposal of Radioactive Wastes and its Application to NORM. |
| 3:15 PM |
Coffee Break and exhibition |
| 3:45 PM |
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 |
| 4:05 PM |
Gellermann, R. (FUGRO Consult, Germany): Control of masses, activities and doses during remediation measures at a radioactive contaminated site in Hannover |
| 4:25 PM |
Varskog, P., Schulz, H. (Norse Decom AS, Norway - IAF, Germany): Radon in an underground NORM Repository |
| 4:45 PM |
Michalik, B. (GIG, Poland): The fate and behaviour of NORM with respect to environmental protection |
| 5:05 PM |
Panel discussion and round table
Chairperson: Jeroen Welbergen
Pannel members: Haridasan Pappinisseri-Puthanveedu (IAEA), Peter Hiller ( National Nuclear Laboratory), Ernst-Michael Steffan (ExxonMobil)
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| 8:00 PM |
2e Conference Dinner ('Hassotel') |
1 Dec 2011, Thursday
| Chariperson: Bogusław Michalik |
| 5. Session: Building Materials |
| 9:00 AM |
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 |
| 9:30 AM |
Hoffmann B. (BfS, Germany): Radon Exhalation Measurement and Assessment of Building Materials: why and how? |
| 9:45 AM |
Nuccetilli, C. (ISS, Italy): Natural radioactivity in building materials in the European Union: a database and an estimate of radiological significance |
| 10:15 AM |
Coffee break and exhibition |
| 10:45 AM |
Mora, J.C. (CIEMAT, Spain): Radiological impact of fly ashes from coal combustion |
| 11:00 AM |
Pontikes, Y. (KULeuven, Belgium): Radioactive elements in Bayer’s process bauxite residue and their impact in valorization options |
| 11:15 AM |
Bolivar, J. P. (Universidad de Huelva, Spain): Minimization and elimination of NORM waste from titanium dioxide industry through their valorisation in final commercial products |
| 11:45 AM |
Lunch and exhibition |
| Chariperson: Sonja Schreurs |
| Continuation of 5. session: Building Materials |
| 1:45 PM |
Stals, M. (NuTeC-XIOS, Belgium): The use of portable equipment for the Activity Concentration Index determination of building materials: Methodology and first results |
| 2:15 PM |
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 |
| 2:30 PM |
V. Jobbágy (IRMM, Belgium): NORM measurements and its possible difficulties |
| 3:00 PM |
Panel discussion and round table
Chairperson: Wouter Schroeyers
Panel members: Cristina Nuccetelli (Instituta Superiore di Sanità), Andre Poffijn (FANC), Pekka Vuorinen (Comité Européen de Normalisation)
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| 4:00 PM |
Closing words Sonja Schreurs |
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