International Conference on the Management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in Industry

Scientific Programme

NORM Policy, Strategy and Regulations

NPSR

This session will highlight the relevance of Policy, Strategies and Regulations to facilitate the proper management of NORM by the industry sharing practices and experiences.

NORM Inventory

NI

This session will discuss different approaches to determine NORM inventories in country in support to the implementation of strategies and regulations. Different methodologies and approaches are to be presented.

NORM Residue and Waste Management

NRWM

Thi session will discuss IAEA Member States approaches and progress in the management of NORM waste and residues, pointing out to solutions and challenges yet to be overcome.

NORM Characterization, Measurement, Decontamination

NCMD

This session will review well-established methods and approaches for the characterization of NORM in industrial operations and in the environment and showcase innovative techniques and technologies.

NORM Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation

NDER

This session will address the approaches being used to decommission NORM facilities and remediate sites contaminated by NORM pointing out to cost-effective solutions, innovative approaches and opportunities for improvement.

NORM Transboundary Issues including Transportation

NTBIT

Transport of NORM and transboundary issues are indeed main issues faced by different Member States of the IAEA. The purpose of this session is to review the current challenges, point out to the need of internationally accepted approaches (with as much as possible some level of harmonization) and need for innovative mechanisms of detection and data interpretation.

Young Generation Context - Innovative Management Approaches

NYGC

Emerging Issues on NORM

This session will showcase a series of works that call attention to particular aspects of NORM management that will require further attention of the international community and will inspire approached to deal with existing situations.