MANAGEMENT OF NORM IN THE PETROLEUM INDUSTRY Akpojevwa Tega Naomi, october 2016 | Page 48

The preliminary selection criteria may include:
• Risk
• Technical feasibility
• Cost
• General acceptance (regulatory and public)
3.6
Transport of Norm Contaminated Equipment
If possible, NORM contaminated equipment and/ or NORM waste should be
mobilized in exclusive vehicles, i.e. no other cargo can be transported in the
same vehicle. When this is not possible which occurs in the supply vessels, a
container tag and designed especially for the transport of NORM should be
used. All personnel who dispatch or receive this equipment should be notified.
Operators of trucks and vessels should be provided with a contingency plan and
they should know how to implement them in case an emergency situation
occurs.
Vehicles transporting materials/ equipment/ waste containing NORM should be
handled according to the regulations for safe transport of radioactive materials.
They should also have the required qualifications and documentation according
to the local and international radiation authorities such as the IAEA.
Records of all NORM transportation should be kept with detailed information
about:
 Material description (scale, sludge, contaminated equipment etc)
 The volume and/or quantity,
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