title: A discussion on NORM guidelines: proposed revisions needed for practical use.
abstract: International awareness of NORM as a potential source of radiation risk to workers, members of the public and the environment has increased significantly in recent years. NORM guidelines were originally developed for radiation management in NORM industries. However, the guidelines have been often consulted by many other industries not commonly considered as an NORM industry. In addition, with the increased awareness of NORM issues, more and more people have tried to apply NORM guidelines in many other situations related to NORM in the environment. The broad use of NORM guidelines out of the original scope has demonstrated the needs to revise the guidelines for practical use. These needs are discussed in the article.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, 775 Brookfield Road, Ottawa, Canada K1A 1C1 jing.chen@hc-sc.gc.ca.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D001417:Background Radiation; D002170:Canada; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D008906:Mining / Q000592:standards; D000069079:Radiation Exposure / Q000032:analysis; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000592:standards; D011835:Radiation Protection / Q000592:standards; D011848:Radioactive Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D011848:Radioactive Pollutants; D011868:Radioisotopes