May Contain Nuts: Book 1 (The World of Norm)

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The World of Norm" books are all about a normal boy called... Norman! He lives in a normal family with his parents and his two really annoying little brothers. Granite, widely used as a cladding on city buildings and also architecturally in homes, contains an average of 3 ppm (40 Bq/kg) uranium and 17 ppm (70 Bq/kg) thorium. Radiation measurements on granite surfaces can show levels similar to those from low-grade uranium mine tailings. Table 8 shows some recorded activity concentrations for building materials. However some extreme values in excess of these have also been recorded. The third hilarious title in the award-winning, laugh-out-loud series, The World of Norm. Perfect for fans of Tom Gates and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. In South Africa, HolGoun's Uranium and Power Project was investigating uranium recovery from the Springbok Flats coal field, estimated to contain 84,000 tU at grades of 0.06 to 0.10% U. The project is investigating the feasibility of mining the low-grade coal, using it to fire a conventional electricity generation plant, and extracting the uranium from the residual ash. Activity concentration guidelines for the use of NORM residues in building construction have been developed using the ACI approach and material has been classified into three categories, depending on whether the dose is below 0.5 mSv/yr (unrestricted use), between 0.5 and 1 mSv/yr (use restricted to roads, bridges, dams or, with dilution, low occupancy buildings) or above 1 mSv/yr (prohibited use). These levels correspond to equivalent activity concentration under 350 Bq/kg (and under 200 Bq/kg Ra-226), 350 to 1350 Bq/kg (200-1000 Bq/kg Ra-226) and over 1350 Bq/kg (1000 for Ra-226) respectively.

urn:lcp:worldofnormmayco0000mere:epub:5699639c-dbc5-4e03-84a6-baf2b08e4ae3 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier worldofnormmayco0000mere Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t14n6m19c Invoice 1213 Isbn 9781408313039 This book oozes personality and with so much going on it promises to maintain the attention of young readers for hours at a time A survey of 44 Chinese coal mines (40 of which were underground operations) indicated that radon concentrations in 15% of them were above 1000 Bq/m 3. (NORM VII proceedings, IAEA 2015) Oil and gas production The World of Norm is about a boy who forgets things very easily. His name is Norm, and he has two little, and rather annoying, brothers. Norm wants an ipad because he thinks he's the only child in the World without one, but he doesn't have any money. His hopes are up when his mum and dad tell him they'll give him half the money he needs, if he earns the other half. When he hears about a job as a paper boy he decides this is a good way to earn the money, but of course things never go right for poor old Norm.

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Radioactive Waste in the Oil and Gas Industry, Safety Report Series No. 419, STI/PUB/1171 (ISBN: 9201140037) McBride et al., 1977, Radiological Impact of Airborne Effluents of Coal-Fired and Nuclear Power Plants, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL-5315Norm knew it was going to be one of those days when he got blamed for global warming. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg… It is a very funny book which will make everyone laugh. It is about a boy called Norman who lives with his mum and dad. Norman, his mum and dad had to move house. Norman thinks that they shoudn't have moved and is unhappy about the situation. His dad snores like a constipated rhinoceros. Life cannot get any unfairer for Norman. Will life ever get better for him?

This book is such a laugh-out-loud, even if it can be VERY weird and slightly wrong some times. But then again, you can't blaim unfortunate Norm, even if he gets caught doing a wee in his mum and dad's closet! During mining and milling of zircon, care must be taken to keep dust levels down. Then when zircon is fused in refractories or ceramics manufacture, silica dust and fumes must be collected. This may contain the more volatile radionuclides, Pb-210 and Po-210, and the collection of these gases means that pipeworks and filters become contaminated. The main radiological issue is occupational exposure to these radionuclides in airborne dusts in the processing plant. Waste produced during zirconia/zirconium production can be high in Ra-226, which presents a gamma hazard, and waste must be stored in metal containers in special repositories. Powders from filters used during zirconia manufacture have been assayed as high as 200,000Bq/kg of Pb-210 and 600,000 Bq/kg Po-210. Tin productionIf the scale has an activity of 30,000 Bq/kg it is 'contaminated', according to Victorian regulations. This means that for Ra-226 scale (decay series ofnine progeny) the level of Ra-226 itself is 3300 Bq/kg. For Pb-210 scale (decay series of three) the level is 10,000 Bq/kg. These figures refer to the scale, not the overall mass of pipes or other material (cf Recycling section below).A 2010 analytical report shows Pb-210 scale at 18.6 MBq/kg from a pipeline in Canada. This book is such a laugh- out- loud, even if it can be VERY weird and slightly wrong some times. But then again, you can't blaim unfortunate Norm, even if he gets caught doing a wee in his mum and dad's closet! Treatment with sulfuric acid leads to the production of gypsum (phosphogypsum) which retains about 80% of Ra-226 and 30% of Th-232 and 14% of U-238. This means that uranium and thorium are enhanced to about 150% of the value of the beneficiated ore, making it a significant NORM. This gypsum can either be sold or disposed of. In the USA, the use of phosphogypsum with a radioactivity greater than 370 Bq/kg is banned by the Environmental Protection Authority. Gypsum can either be disposed of in piles or discharged to rivers and the sea. Some leaching from the material is possible. Gypsum wastes can have radioactivity levels up to 1700 Bq/kg. Scales from the sulfuric acid process are formed in the pipes and filtration systems of plants and need to be cleaned or replaced periodically. While much smaller in volume than gypsum, these wastes can be much more radioactive – even over 1MBq/kg. Decommissioning experts are increasingly concerned about double standards developing in Europe which allow 30 times the dose rate from non-nuclear recycled materials than from those out of the nuclear industry. In respect to actual dose limits, 0.3 to 1.0 mSv/yr individual dose constraint is applied to oil and gas recyclables, and 0.01 mSv/yr for release of materials with the same kind of radiation from the nuclear industry.