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Consulting
Radiation management
Practical advice is provided on
the management of Naturally Occurring Radioactive
Materials (NORM) associated with the following
industries:
- Uranium and thorium ores exploration, mining
and processing,
- Rare earths, titanium and zirconium minerals
mining and processing,
- Transport of minerals in bulk and in
containers, including international shipments,
- Oil and gas exploration and production,
- Mining and processing of metals (copper,
tin, aluminium, lithium, niobium, tantalum),
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- Coal mining and electricity generation,
- Iron and steel production,
- Water treatment and geothermal energy
generation,
- Phosphate industry,
- Scrap metal recycling.
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Practical help and solutions
Calytrix
Consulting provides practical help and solutions to
problems relating to:
- Transport and trade in commodities containing NORM,
- Development of policies, regulations, guidelines,
radiation management plans and procedures,
- Statutory compliance: auditing and advice,
- Environmental impact and radiation impact
assessments,
- Design and audit of radiation management systems and
monitoring programs,
- Contaminated land investigations,
- Waste management and advice on remediation projects,
- Determination of pathways of radiation exposure in
specific situations, for the environment, workers and
the public,
- Modelling of potential radiation exposures.
Monitoring
Calytrix
Consulting provides services in the field of
environment, workplace and personal monitoring and
assessment of:
- Alpha-activity concentrations in airborne dust,
using Canberra alpha spectrometers (model 7401),
- Particle size analysis of airborne dust (Activity
Median Aerodynamic Diameter, AMAD), using a personal
5- or 7-stage cascade impactor,
- Concentrations of radon (Rn-222) and thoron (Rn-220)
in the atmosphere and in water, using SARAD-1688
electronic monitor,
- Gamma radiation levels, using RadEye B20,
RadEye SPRD area monitors and Colibri
TTC GPS monitor together with Garmin
Global Positioning System receiver and Canary
II (model 4080) personal electronic
dosimeters,
- Surface contamination measurements, using RayEye
B20 and SAB-100 probe with the Colibri
TTC GPS monitor
- Field gamma spectrometry and identification of
individual radionuclides, particularly in cases of
monitoring cargo in ports and at border crossings,
using Exploranium GR-135-Plus 'Identifier'
and RadEye SPRD instruments.
All equipment used by Calytrix Consulting is maintained
in accordance with manufacturer specifications and
calibrated as required by relevant regulations and
guidelines. Close liaison with quality assured
analytical laboratories also allows a comprehensive
service to be provided in the following areas:
- Determination of concentrations of radionuclides in
water, soil, dust, building materials, food, flora and
fauna,
- Personal gamma radiation and radon/thoron area
monitoring.
Training of Radiation Safety Officers
and other services
The 5-day Advanced Radiation
Safety Officer for NORM was developed and has been
recognised as acceptable by the regulatory authorities in
WA.
If a need for the training is identified, it may also be
carried out by personal tutoring of individual employee(s)
in a workplace.
If there is a need for a training course or a community
education program, customised materials are individually
designed in each case, addressing the needs of the client.
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