Description
This session will address emerging challenges, new developments and solutions related to the management of NORM
Abstract
The purpose of this work is to protect people and the environment against harmful effect of naturally occuring radioactive materials in in gold mining. It therefore aims to inform the promoters and workers of the mining sector about the effective doses to which they could be exposed per year in performing their duties in their workplace at gold mining. This research is focused on an...
The periodic control of industrial infrastructures accumulating NORM increasingly demands methods for full traceability of components, instrumentation and measurements to improve quality management and operational safety.
The utilization of measurement systems and equipment from disparate sources, often unable to share information with one central database, have forced Operators to devise...
Social sciences, those disciplines that deal with human action in its social and cultural aspects, can contribute significantly and meaningfully to the management of NORM exposure situations. However, despite an increased institutional recognition of the need for research on societal aspects in NORM management, and acknowledgement of the need for a holistic approach where technical and social...
NORM is since many years a well-known topic. Many countries and the IAEA already did a lot of efforts to describe the risk activities and materials when it comes to NORM. But this information is until now almost unknown in the demolition industry. This counts as well for the demolition contractors, the recyclers of CDW as for the numerous consultants that are dealing with pre-demolition audits...
Nuclear Knowledge Management (NKM) at the project, organizational and national levels is an integrated and systematic approach applied to all stages of the knowledge cycle, including its identification, sharing, protection, dissemination, preservation and transfer. Knowledge management systems support nuclear organizations in strengthening and aligning their knowledge. Knowledge is the nuclear...
It is presented for the very first time a summary with the main confirmed cases of NORM and TENORM in Venezuela, which corresponds to the oil and mining industries. This summary is focused on the description of existing situations, including radioactivity concentrations and exposure rates, and also detailed information of each case that can be used to define good practices and safe work...
This work describes and discusses the current state of practices that include NORM material in Serbia, defining the main issues at present and directions for improvement in the future. Different types of activities in the country are candidates for NORM tackling questions, such as coal and lignite mining, extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas, mining of metal ores, combustion of coal,...
In 2018, the Government of the Córdoba Province (Argentina) presented a evaluation report about a proposal for a new mountain road design which would cross the touristic area of Punilla in this province. This project aimed to reduce the car traffic in that region especially during holiday time.
Social conflict began when the contractor company called "Camino de las Sierras" made public the...
Current uranium mining and associated closure of mine sites pursue traditional linear economic thinking. In such linear economies, a raw material like uranium is mined to make a product, and any mining, mineral processing or metallurgical waste is discarded (e.g. uranium mill tailings are placed into waste repositories). As a consequence, past and present mining practices have generated and...
Abstract
Minjingu phosphate rock from Tanzania contains a number of accompanying elements that could be extracted during phosphate fertilizer production. The average uranium concentrations in Minjingu phosphate rocks is averaged at 390 ppm. The Minjingu Mines & Fertilizers Ltd. reports that the annual phosphate production is about 100,000 t. This means that some 39 tons of uranium are mined...
The increase in the global demand for uranium, particularly in countries where nuclear energy industry is on the rise, has led to a re-evaluation of the stock of the material. Contrasting to the above the significant shortage of skilled professionals in uranium mining and processing is observed.
On the other hand, many countries need to deal with the disposal of liquid and solid mining...
