Nederlands
Radiation & Environment - NORM management
The continued involvement of NRG with Naturally Occuring Radioactive Material (NORM) covers radiation protection as well as waste aspects. NORM arises in various industrial processes in which raw materials containing radionuclides from the natural decay chains of uranium and thorium are being used.
NORM
NORM appears as radioactive scaling in process equipment and as process residues with enhanced radionuclide concentrations. But mineral wool, which has been used on a large scale as high temperature resistant insulation often contains NORM. Examples of processes producing NORM are the production of phosfate, iron, phosfate fertiliser, titanium oxide pigment, and oil and gas.
Services
NRG provides radiation protection consultancy, operational support and analytical and decontamination services to various industries. In addition NRG has carried out several studies in support of new legislation (law making) by the Dutch government with regard to NORM related radiation protection and waste safety.
Example project: SMOPIE
SMOPIE, optimization of protection against internal exposures of workers from industrial natural sources.
Reporting
The results of a study are alway recorded in a document. You are free to use it for your internal or external communication. Smaller studies can be reported in a letter or a presentation
Our customers
Clients for our services are from national goverments, supra national organisations (EC, EU, OECD/NEA, IAEA), companies and NGOs.
NRG is also involved in European (research) projects related to the abovementioned topic. In this way clients have access to up-to-date knowledge from the international community.
Contact
Mrs. Dr. E.I.M. Meijne , NRG-RE PO Box 25, 1755 ZG Petten, Netherlands tel: +31 224 56 4234, fax: +31 224 56 8491, e-mail: meijne@nrg.eu