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NORM Waste Management Best Practices and Disposal Options
for Western Canada
Tab Cuthill, P.Eng., RSOGeneral Manager NORM ServicesSECURE Energy Services
Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material
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• What is NORM?
• Impact of North American Shales Plays
• Best Practices
Regulatory Requirements
Trained personnel and equipment
Risk identification, assessment and control
Safe Work Procedures
• Disposal Options / Limitations
Agenda
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Fixed in Place
Mobile
Where does NORM come from?
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Examples of Technologically Enhanced NORM
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Reclamation of TENORM Impacted Sites
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Naturally Occurring – What’s the big deal?
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NORM is Low Risk?
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Po‐210 & Alexander Litvinenko (Year 2006)
NORM is High Risk?
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Asbestos
Reality: Long‐Term Chronic Exposure
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Canadian Unconventional Shale Plays & NORM?
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Impact of Shale Plays
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• 5‐10 Times Increase in NORM Levels Since 2011
• All Oil and Gas Waste Management Facilities Handling Produced Water From Shale Have NORM Impacts
Impact of Shale Plays
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NORM MGMT PLAN
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Impact of Shale Plays – Dawson Creek FST
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Health Canada NORM Guidelines
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Provincial Regulations / OH&S
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Alberta Tier 1 Soil Cleanup Standards
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1) Treater Waste: Ra226 > 600 Bq/g
2) LPG Waste: Pb210 > 17,000 Bq/g
NORM – Activity Levels in WCSBNORM Unrestricted Release @ 0.3 Bq/g:
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NORM Management – Best Practices
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Risk Identification, Assessment and Control
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Potential Concerns: Radium Impacted Waste?1) External Exposure
• Gamma Radiation
2) Internal Exposure
• Inhalation Low Level Radioactive Dust (LLRD)
• Radon gas build up at bottom of pit
3) Spread and Tracking of Radium Sludge (clothing, pickups, equipment)
4) NORM Impacted Equipment (pumps, excavators, hoses, other)
5) Training and Regulatory Requirements
6) Transport and Licensed Disposal of NORM Waste
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1) A statement of purpose and responsibilities
2) Risk identification, assessment and control
3) Education and training
4) Written work procedures
5) Hygiene facilities and decontamination procedures
6) Health monitoring ‐ internal and external
7) Waste Management
8) Documentation
Step 1 – NORM Management Program
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Education and Training
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Environmental Monitoring and Control Areas
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NORM Disposal Options
Saskatchewan:
2 NORM Salt Caverns Unity, Sk. < 70 Bq/g Melville, Sk. < 300 Bq/gLiquid / Sludge ONLY
British Columbia:
1 NORM Landfill Fort St. John, BC < 5 Bq/g Ra226Solids ONLY (Filter Socks, PPE, Debris, Soil)
Alberta: No NORM Disposal Options in Alberta
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Waste Management – Transport and Disposal
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Journey Management
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What can we do better? Disposal!
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1 BC: Kotcho - Deep Well Disposal• NORM Sludge / Liquids• Existing licensed disposal well• Non-fracture slurry injection
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AB: Pembina- Class I Landfill Disposal- Solid NORM Waste- Existing licensed Hazardous Waste
Landfill- (non-TDG / non- CNSC regulated)
2 New Disposal Options – In Regulatory Process
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A Better Way to Manage Waste
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QUESTIONS?