Project: Metrology for processing materials with high natural radioactivity
Many natural resources are also naturally radioactive, meaning that the industrial activities that exploit them could also expose people to radiation. Waste constitutes a huge economic and environmental burden, if not properly disposed of, but recycling could result in significant cost savings for the industries that create it. This project will develop new methods and devices for the measurement of naturally occurring radionuclides as well as new reference materials for their calibration. It will also improve nuclear data so that as many descendants of uranium and thorium decay chains as possible can be accurately measured. The new traceable measurement procedures will be proposed to CEN/CENELEC for standards for industrial raw materials, products and waste. By providing improved, more reliable and accurate measurements of naturally occurring radionuclides, the project will ensure that, if these raw materials are present in industrial processes, they will not unknowingly enhance radioactivity levels in waste and finished products.
| Acronym | IND57 MetroNORM (Reference Number: IND57) |
| Duration | 01/09/2013 - 31/08/2016 |
| Project Topic | Metrology |
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Project Results (after finalisation) |
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| Website | visit project website |
| Network | EMRP |
| Call | EMRP Call 2012 - Industry, SI Broader Scope and Open Excellence |
Project partner
| Number | Name | Role | Country |
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| 1 | Physikalisch-Technischer Pruefdienst des Bundesamt fuer Eich- und Vermessungswesen | Coordinator | Austria |
| 2 | Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives | Partner | France |
| 3 | Centro de investigaciones energeticas, medioambientales y tecnologicas | Partner | Spain |
| 4 | Cesky Metrologicky Institut | Partner | Czech Republic |
| 5 | Agenzia Nazionale per le nuove tecnologie, l’energia e lo sviluppo economico sostenibile | Partner | Italy |
| 6 | Institut Jožef Stefan | Partner | Slovenia |
| 7 | Instituto Superior Tecnico | Partner | Portugal |
| 8 | JRC - Joint Research Centre - European Commission | Partner | Belgium |
| 9 | Magyar Kereskedelmi Engedelyezesi Hivatal | Partner | Hungary |
| 10 | NPL Management Limited | Partner | United Kingdom |
| 11 | Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority | Partner | Norway |
| 12 | Sateilyturvakeskus | Partner | Finland |
| 13 | Universitaet fuer Bodenkultur Wien | Austria | |
| 14 | Statni ustav radiacni ochrany v.v.i. | Czech Republic |