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5th International Symposium on Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material March 19th- 22nd,2007 Seville, Spain
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5th International Symposium on Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material March 19th- 22nd,2007 Seville, Spain
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PROGRAMME OF THE SYMPOSIUMUpdated March 7th Updated Programme is now available here. HOW TO APPROACH HOTEL MELIÁ AND UNIVERSITY RESIDENCE FROM THE AIRPORTInformation how to approach hotel Meliá and the university residence (Colegio Mayor Hernando Colón) can be foundhere.
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The Seville walls date from 1135, the time of the Almoravides, and were strengthened by the Almohades in the 12th and 13th centuries. The whole city was surrounded by walls until they were pulled down in the 19th century. The names of the gates appear on the map as memories of a fortified city.
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LATE REGISTRATIONLate registration is March 15th. Participants and accompanying persons can proceed to register and reserve hotel according to the instructions given here. In addition, send this pre-registrtaion form to the Organising Committee (normv@us.es ).
SEVILLA MAPA map of Seville can be downloaded here. TECHNICAL TOURA Technical tour to visit a big fertilizer factory and their corresponding phosphogypsum piles, located in Huelva (90 km far from Sevilla) has been organised on the frame of the NORM V Conference events. This Technical visit is scheduled for Friday 23th, starting at 9:00 am at Hotel Meliá, and finishing in the same hotel at 19:00. A short visit to the town of Huelva in the afternoon, after the technical visit, is included. The participants interested in this tour should only send an e-mail showing their interest to normv@us.es. |
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Radionuclides of natural origin are ubiquitous in both working and public environments, although their activity concentrations vary considerably. Exposures to natural sources are in most cases not a matter of regulatory concern. However, there are situations where exposures to natural sources may require consideration as to whether controls should be applied. One such situation is the mining and/or processing of materials where the activity concentrations of radionuclides of natural origin in the material itself, or in any material arising from the process, are significantly elevated ― such material has come to be referred to as Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM). In the past, regulatory attention has been focused mostly on exposures arising from the mining and processing of uranium ores because such activities are part of the nuclear fuel cycle. But more recently, the attention has been broadened to include exposures from other industrial activities involving NORM, in recognition of the potential for such activities to also give rise to significant exposures of workers and members of the public if not adequately controlled. More and more countries are including provisions in their national legislation and regulations for the control of exposures to natural sources, and the body on radiological data on such exposures is growing rapidly. Witthin this framework can be placed the conference NORM V, to be held in Sevilla, Spain in March 2007. This international conference follows, as a natural continuation, four previous conferences dealing with radon and NORM. The first was held in Amsterdam in 1997, the second in Krefeld, Germany in 1998 (NORM II), the third in Brussels in 2001 (NORM III), and the fourth in Szczyrk, Poland in 2004 (NORM IV). NORM V will be devoted to the dissemination, to a wide spectrum of technical and regulatory personnel working in the area, of the new information/knowledge on exposures to radionuclides of natural origin in mining and other industrial operations involving NORM, including impacts associated with NORM residues and discharges. In particular, special attention will be devoted to the following NORM topics: processing and use of zircon and zirconia, industrial uses of thorium, production of titanium dioxide, recycling of contaminated metals, extraction and processing of rare earths, and extraction, processing and use of phosphate minerals. Contributions of the participants in the conference on these topics are specially encouraged, although inputs related with legal aspects (standards and regulation) and novel measurement techniques applied in NORM issues are also welcome. NORM V, on the contrary, will not cover the topic related with the mining, extraction and processing of uranium, as well as the 222Rn subject (except in the case of 222Rn enhancements as a consequence of NORM processing activities). NORM V is being organised by the University of Sevilla, Spain, with the assistance of an international scientific committee and a national organizing committee, as well as with the support of several national and international organisations. A complete program, covering in addition to the scientific side, historical and cultural aspects is under preparation. New information about this program, as well as different aspects related with the conference (registration, call for papers, accommodation, etc) will be updated periodically in this web page. |
Dear colleague: As head of the National Organizing Committee, I would like to start cordially this message inviting you to participate in the NORM V International Conference, to be held in Seville (Spain) in March (19th to 22nd), 2007. This event, which is the natural continuation of the previous NORM conferences held in the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium and Poland, is an unique occasion for the meeting of all the community that, from different viewpoints (technical, regulatory, etc), is involved in NORM issues. The organizing committees are working hard in order to reach in the NORM V International Conference the same success that in the previous NORM conferences. Our hope is to contribute in the consolidation of an event where every three years all the ample community involved in NORM can exchange information, advances and ideas. For these reasons, I take the opportunity to kindly ask you for the maximum dissemination of this conference among your colleagues. And I also ask you for your active participation in the event through the presentation of your latest NORM results and/or studies in the conference. A call for papers is open until the end of August 2006 for the presentation of contributions, especially in the topics highlighted in other sections of this web page. In a world now marked by the continuous advances and revolution in the communication, this organizing committee will maintain contact with the people interested to participate in the conference mainly through e-mail, and through this web-page. The web-page will be regularly updated with all the new information generated regarding the conference, and it will include new sections or information required by the participants. In this sense, I kindly ask you to suggest us through the conference e-mail, ideas to improve the effectiveness of the web-page and new sections to be included. We think that Seville, an open town to the visitors and characterised for a millenary history, a unique culture heritage and a mild weather in the spring (temperatures ranging between 15ºC and 25ºC) is an ideal place for the conference. And taking the opportunity offered by the town, we are preparing a cultural and historical program complementing the scientific program of the conference, in order to show to the NORM community some essential aspects of our culture and way of life and to facilitate, in a nice atmosphere, the interaction among the participants. We wait for you in Seville next spring. Welcome to Seville!!! Rafael García-Tenorio National Organizing Committee Head |
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The Alcazar of Seville was built by King Pedro I of Castile in the 1360's, it offers some of the best surviving examples of Mudejar architecture.
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The Torre del Oro (Golden Tower), which dominates the banks of the river Guadalquivir, is a remnant of the Moorish fortified walls which originally enclosed the city. A watchtower designed to protect the docks, it dates from 1220; the 12-sided lower part was built in stone by the Almohades and was originally decorated with golden tiles, while the upper brick mini-tower was added in the 18th century. |
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Built over 50 years in the 18th century, the original purpose was the tobacco manufacture, the Real Fábrica de Tabacos is now the main building of the University of Seville. |
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Italica (5 km far from Seville) was the birthplace of three emperors and one of the earliest Roman settlements in Spain founded in 206 BC. It rose to considerable military importance in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD. |
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