Programme Tuesday May 10th 2022
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07:15 hr Refresher course 1A: Room Quest
Regulatory Framework for the Safe Management of NORM – from Regulations to Implementation, “International recommendations and European requirements”.
Lecturers: Burҫin Okyar (IAEA, Austria), Stefan Mundigl (EC, Belgium)
07:15 hr Refresher course 2A in co-operation with ENA: Room Expedition
Assessing public exposure from NORM discharges – key parameters and simple approaches to dose estimates.
Lecturer: Christian Kunze (IAF-Radioökologie, Germany)
07:15 hr Refresher course 3A in co-operation with ENA: Room Progress
NORM metrology and sampling
Lecturer: Rafael García Tenorio (Univ. of Seville, Spain)
Session 8
Area 4
08:30 – 10:10 hr
Room: Progress
IAEA ENVIRONET NORM Project
Session Chair: Marta García-Talavera (CSN, Spain)
Session Co-Chair: Horst Monken-Fernandes (IAEA, Austria)
- 08:30 The IAEA Network of Environmental Management and Remediation: supporting Member States in the environmentally sound management of NORM
Horst Monken-Fernandes (IAEA,Austria), - 08:55 National Policies & Strategies for NORM Management: a Shift in Paradigm
Marta García-Talavera (CSN, Spain) - 09:20 NORM National Inventories: A Key Element to Support Circular Economy
Wouter Schroeyers (University of Hasselt, Belgium) - 09:45 Cost of NORM Management Options with a Focus on Disposal
Nicolas Solente (ANDRA, France)
Session 9
Area 7
08:30 – 10:10 hr
Room: Quest
SHARE/Ricomet: Opening Session and Nuclear reactors in armed conflicts
Session Chair: Susan Molyneux-Hodgson, (University of Exeter, United Kingdom)
Session Co-Chair: Deborah Oughton, (CERAD/NMBU, Norway)
- 08:30 Opening presentation
Susan Molyneux-Hodgson, Chair of the SHARE platform (University of Exeter , United Kingdom) - 08:55 Invited Presentation
Nuclear reactors in armed conflicts
Miroslav Gregoric (Consultant, Slovenia) - 09:20 Invited Presentation
Nuclear facilities in military conflict: The case of war in Ukraine-2022
Sergii Mirnyi (Chornobyl University, Ukraine) - 09:45 Discussion: What can the research response be?
Moderated by Chair and Co-Chair
Session 10
Area 5
08:30 – 10:10 hr
Room: Expedition
ENA: Opening Session and Current and future challenges in the Oil- and Gas production- and Geothermal industry
Session Chair: Oskar van Dongen (Shell, Netherlands)
Session Co-Chair: Christian Kunze (IAF-Radioökologie, Germany)
- 08:30 Opening session
Christian Kunze (IAF-Radioökologie, Germany) - 08:55 Activity concentration versus surface contamination in Dutch Nuclear law
Lonneke van Bochove (Radiation Support, Netherlands) - 09:20 Chemical inhibition of NORM deposits in Oil Well; Squeeze treatment
Mhamed Kahrwad (LPI , Libya) - 09:45 Revision of IAEA Safety Report on Radiation Protection and the Management of Radioactive Waste in the Oil and Gas Industry
Burcin Okyar (IAEA, Austria)
Session 11
Area 4
10:45 – 12:00 hr
Room: Progress
IAEA ENVIRONET NORM Project (continue)
Session Chair: Marta García-Talavera (CSN, Spain)
Session Co-Chair: Horst Monken-Fernandes (IAEA, Austria)
- 10:45 Sampling and Characterization of NORM Residues – A Sine Qua Non Step to Manage NORM Residues
Rafael Garcia Tenorio (University of Sevilla) - 11:10 Valorization of NORM Residue in the Context of the Circular Economy
Julian Hilton (Aleff Group, United Kingdom) - 11:35 Decommisioning of NORM Related Facilities – The Lessons to be Learned, New Challenges and Innovative Thinking
Andrew Smith (Consultant, United Kingdom)
Session 12
Area 7
10:45 – 12:00 hr
Room: Quest
SHARE/Ricomet: Societal aspects of Radon and NORM
Session Chair: Ferdiana Hoti (SCK CEN, Belgium)
Session Co-Chair: Nazanin Love (University of Hasselt, Belgium)
- 10:45 Radon Action Plans in European Member States and the UK: Transposition, Accountability and Assessment
Robbe Geysmans (SCK CEN, Belgium) - 11:10 Assessing the effectiveness of Radon Action Plans: searching for a systematic and standardized method
Meritxell Martell (Merience, Spain) - 11:35 Methodological Lessons for the Evaluation of Public Attitudes and Behaviours in Radon and NORM
Melisa Muric (University of Antwerp & SCK CEN, Belgium)
Session 19
Area 4
16:00 – 17:15 hr
Room: Expedition
ENA: NORM Residue and Waste Management
Session Chair: Wouter Schroeyers (University of Hasselt, Belgium)
Session Co-Chair: Jeroen Welbergen (Consultant, Netherlands)
- 16:00 End-of-waste criteria for NORM residues in Belgium: Examples and cases
Stéphane Pepin (Fanc, Belgium) - 16:25 ICONDE – innovation in concrete design for hazardous waste management applications
Siiri Salupere (University of Tartu, Estonia) - 16:50 Development of a methodology at European level for dose-assessment and estimate of amount of NORM residues disposable in conventional landfills
Laura Urso (BfS, Germany)
12:00 – 13:45 hr LUNCH BREAK (lunch is not included during the NORM X Conference)
Session 14
Area 8
13:45 – 15:25 hr
Room: Progress
Research & Development: Embedding NORM in a Circular Economy
Session Chair: Marta García-Talavera (CSN, Spain)
Session Co-Chair: Gert Jonkers (Consultant, Netherlands)
- 13:45 Wrap-up from Monday sessions by session Chairs
- 14:10 Invited Presentation
Research perspectives for embedding NORM in the circular economy
Wouter Schroeyers (University of Hasselt, Belgium) - 14:35 Invited Presentation
NORM and TENORM in Pennsylvania: Past, Present & Future
David Allard (PADEP, United States), - 15:00 Reactive transport models and chemical thermodynamic data in support of NORM management
Vanessa Montoya (SCK CEN, Belgium)
Session 15
Area 7
13:45 – 15:25 hr
Room: Quest
SHARE/Ricomet: Societal aspects of Radon and NORM (continue)
Session Chair: Louise Elstow (University of Lancaster, United Kingdom)
Session Co-Chair: Gaston Meskens (SCK CEN, Belgium)
- 13:45 Design Thinking as a Research Method: an Exploratory Case-Study of Design Thinking in the Context of Radon Communication
Sofie Apers (University of Antwerp & SCK CEN, Belgium) - 14:10 Treatment or threat? Analyzing the communication frames on European radon spa websites
Robbe Geysmans (SCK CEN, Belgium) - 14:35 Exploring the social perception of radon in Germany
Christiane Pölzl-Viol (BfS, Germany) - 15:00 An inventory of territorial approaches for the management of domestic radon risk in France: difficulties, key success and ways forward
Cynthia Reaud (ISRN, France)
Session 16
Area 4
13:45 – 15:25 hr
Room: Expedition
ENA: Environmental impacts associated with NORM
Session Chair: Rob Wiegers, President ENA (IBR, Netherlands)
Session Co-Chair: Peter Görts (ANVS, Netherlands)
- 13:45 Decommissioning and potential remediation of mining/processing affected by naturally occurring radioactive material
Hagen Gunther Jung (GeoEnergy Consult, Germany) - 14:10 Phosphogypsum conversion into potentially useful products, as an effective approach for radioactive waste management
Mohamed Taha Montaser (NMA, Egypt) - 14:35 Application of 228Th as a tracer for determination of 232Th and 230Th in NORM
Izabela Chmielewska (GIG, Poland) - 15:00 NORM in the North Sea and their impact on non-human biota
Anca Tacu (NRG, Netherlands)
Session 17
Area 6
16:00 – 17:15 hr
Room: Progress
NORM Sampling & Metrology – 2
Session Chair: Ivana Ženatá (SONS, Czech Republic)
Session Co-Chair: Govert de With (NRG, Netherlands)
- 16:00 Development and testing of qualitative tools in radon and NORM
Nadja Zeleznik (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia) - 16:25 NORM radionuclides in a soil profile from a former coal mine from Southern Spain
Juan Mantero Cabrera (University of Sevilla, Spain)
Session 18
Area 7
16:00 – 17:15 hr
Room: Quest
SHARE/Ricomet: Societal aspects of Radon and NORM (continue)
Session Chair: Melisa Muric (University of Antwerp & SCK CEN, Belgium)
Session Co-Chair: Joke Kenens (SCK CEN, Belgium)
- 16:00 Invited Presentation
Risk communication and stakeholder involvement: lessons learned for NORM-containing residues
Yevgenia Tomkiv (CERAD/NMBU, Norway) - 16:25 Remediators versus non-remediators: Exploratory focus groups with residents of dwellings in high radon prone area in Ireland.
David Hevey (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland) - 16:50 Passing on Fukushima memories and realities: ‘Life after Fukushima’ teaching materials, Joke Kenens (SCK CEN, Belgium)
Session 13
Area 5
10:45 – 12:00 hr
Room: Expedition
ENA: Current and future challenges in the Oil- and Gas production- and Geothermal industry (continued)
Session Chair: Christian Kunze (IAF-Radioökologie, Germany)
Session Co-Chair: Oskar van Dongen (NAM, Netherlands)
- 10:45 Baseline environmental radioactivity assessment for a proposed disposal site of oil waste in GHANA
Edith Amoakie Amoatey (GAEC, Ghana) - 11:10 NORM residues and aspects of a circular economy – an overview from European HERCA perspective
Jelena Mrdakovic-Popic (DSA, Norway), Invited speaker - 11:35 NORM scaling and the use of GRE in geothermal well design
Govert de With (NRG, Netherlands)
18:00 hr Working dinner for RadoNorm WP6 and SHARE members