Inventory of NORM industrial sectors in Italy: preliminary results

Starting from the list of NORM industrial sectors considered in the Italian transposition of the 2013/59/Euratom Directive (EU_BSS), a research project is ongoing with the aim to develop technical and scientific tools to support regulators and stakeholders in the new regulation implementation. These tools will be useful to draft guidelines addressed to the stakeholders involved at different levels. One of activities of the project focused on the update of the inventory of NORM involving industries in Italy carried out in 2014. Indeed, the transposition of EU BSS and global economic challenges required a review of the previous inventory, done in 2014. The scheme of inventory takes into account the inputs received by the IRPA TG Group and the discussion in the framework of RadoNorm project. The collection covers all industrials sectors identified by the Italian regulation and for each sector collects information about the following topics: ● type and amount of NORM involving sites in Italy and distribution on regional basis; ● description of the production processes; ● data relating to the radiological content of NOR raw materials and residues; ● identification of the most significant exposure scenarios for workers and the members of the public. In order to facilitate the usability of the inventory results, the collected information is also summarized in technical data sheets, organized in three modules: ● the first module deals with information about the occupational exposure (most significant scenarios, type of exposure, dominant natural radionuclides, range of effective doses, etc.); ● the second one deals with information on radiological content of raw materials and residues; ● the third one reports information relevant to the public exposure (effluents, main route of exposure, dominant natural radionuclides, etc.). In the present work main outcomes will be discussed.