Radiological Protection in Industries Involving NORM: A (Graded) Methodological Approach to Characterize the Exposure Situations
The interest in radiation protection in industrial sectors involving Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) is increasingly growing. This is due also to the recent implementation of the European Council Directive 59/2013/Euratom which in Italy and in the other European Union Member States...
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| author | Rosabianca Trevisi Marco Ampollini Andrea Bogi Silvia Bucci Elena Caldognetto Giuseppe La Verde Federica Leonardi Laura Luzzi Cristina Nuccetelli Ilaria Peroni Francesco Picciolo Gabriele Pratesi Flavio Trotti Raffaella Ugolini Gennaro Venoso Mariagabriella Pugliese |
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| description | The interest in radiation protection in industrial sectors involving Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) is increasingly growing. This is due also to the recent implementation of the European Council Directive 59/2013/Euratom which in Italy and in the other European Union Member States extends the field of application to industrial sectors never involved before. This paper reports main results of a research project on radiation protection in industries involving NORM carried out in Italy aimed to provide useful tools for stakeholders to comply new legal obligations. The project activities were mainly focused on different aspects relevant to the NORM involving industries, accounting for the positive list reported in the Italian law. Firstly, the inventory of the industries currently operating in Italy in order to identify the industrial sectors with an important radiological impact on population and workers was updated. Based on this information, a general methodology was elaborated taking into account a graded approach. The first phase consists in the identification and characterization of the most critical exposure scenarios and of the radiological content of NORMs involved in the different phases of the industrial processes. In the second phase calculation methods were developed for dose estimation for workers and members of public. These tools require the use of existing and well tested calculation codes, and the development of a dedicated user-friendly software. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-db1ca1de2406404e9ed45b087ad8c2972023-11-17T18:16:39ZengMDPI AGAtmosphere2073-44332023-03-0114463510.3390/atmos14040635Radiological Protection in Industries Involving NORM: A (Graded) Methodological Approach to Characterize the Exposure SituationsRosabianca Trevisi0Marco Ampollini1Andrea Bogi2Silvia Bucci3Elena Caldognetto4Giuseppe La Verde5Federica Leonardi6Laura Luzzi7Cristina Nuccetelli8Ilaria Peroni9Francesco Picciolo10Gabriele Pratesi11Flavio Trotti12Raffaella Ugolini13Gennaro Venoso14Mariagabriella Pugliese15National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL), DiMEILA, 00078 Monteporzio Catone, ItalyNational Institute of Health (ISS), National Center for Radiation Protection and Computational Physics, 00161 Rome, ItalyHealth Service of Tuscany, South-East Tuscany Health Unit, 53100 Siena, ItalyEnvironmental Protection Agency of Tuscany (ARPAT), 50144 Florence, ItalyEnvironmental Protection Agency of Veneto (ARPAV), 37135 Verona, ItalyPhysics Department, University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Naples, ItalyNational Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL), DiMEILA, 00078 Monteporzio Catone, ItalyDepartment of Astronautical, Electrical and Energy Engineering, University of Rome “Sapienza”, 00185 Rome, ItalyNational Institute of Health (ISS), National Center for Radiation Protection and Computational Physics, 00161 Rome, ItalyEnvironmental Protection Agency of Tuscany (ARPAT), 50144 Florence, ItalyHealth Service of Tuscany, South-East Tuscany Health Unit, 53100 Siena, ItalyEnvironmental Protection Agency of Tuscany (ARPAT), 50144 Florence, ItalyEnvironmental Protection Agency of Veneto (ARPAV), 37135 Verona, ItalyEnvironmental Protection Agency of Veneto (ARPAV), 37135 Verona, ItalyNational Institute of Health (ISS), National Center for Radiation Protection and Computational Physics, 00161 Rome, ItalyPhysics Department, University of Naples Federico II, 80126 Naples, ItalyThe interest in radiation protection in industrial sectors involving Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) is increasingly growing. This is due also to the recent implementation of the European Council Directive 59/2013/Euratom which in Italy and in the other European Union Member States extends the field of application to industrial sectors never involved before. This paper reports main results of a research project on radiation protection in industries involving NORM carried out in Italy aimed to provide useful tools for stakeholders to comply new legal obligations. The project activities were mainly focused on different aspects relevant to the NORM involving industries, accounting for the positive list reported in the Italian law. Firstly, the inventory of the industries currently operating in Italy in order to identify the industrial sectors with an important radiological impact on population and workers was updated. Based on this information, a general methodology was elaborated taking into account a graded approach. The first phase consists in the identification and characterization of the most critical exposure scenarios and of the radiological content of NORMs involved in the different phases of the industrial processes. In the second phase calculation methods were developed for dose estimation for workers and members of public. These tools require the use of existing and well tested calculation codes, and the development of a dedicated user-friendly software.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/4/635NORMinventorymethodologyexposure scenariosradiological protection |
| spellingShingle | Rosabianca Trevisi Marco Ampollini Andrea Bogi Silvia Bucci Elena Caldognetto Giuseppe La Verde Federica Leonardi Laura Luzzi Cristina Nuccetelli Ilaria Peroni Francesco Picciolo Gabriele Pratesi Flavio Trotti Raffaella Ugolini Gennaro Venoso Mariagabriella Pugliese Radiological Protection in Industries Involving NORM: A (Graded) Methodological Approach to Characterize the Exposure Situations Atmosphere NORM inventory methodology exposure scenarios radiological protection |
| title | Radiological Protection in Industries Involving NORM: A (Graded) Methodological Approach to Characterize the Exposure Situations |
| title_full | Radiological Protection in Industries Involving NORM: A (Graded) Methodological Approach to Characterize the Exposure Situations |
| title_fullStr | Radiological Protection in Industries Involving NORM: A (Graded) Methodological Approach to Characterize the Exposure Situations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Radiological Protection in Industries Involving NORM: A (Graded) Methodological Approach to Characterize the Exposure Situations |
| title_short | Radiological Protection in Industries Involving NORM: A (Graded) Methodological Approach to Characterize the Exposure Situations |
| title_sort | radiological protection in industries involving norm a graded methodological approach to characterize the exposure situations |
| topic | NORM inventory methodology exposure scenarios radiological protection |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/14/4/635 |
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