1. AL FURAT PETROLEUM CO. NORM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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AL FURAT PETROLEUM CO. NORM MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

2. Leadership and commitment
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HSE Policy Statement:
AFPC conducts its activities in such a way as to protect the health and safety of its employees and other persons, and to safeguard the conservation of the natural environment.
AFPC Management believes that:
Working conditions should not damage the health of its staff, or third parties and the environment
Accidents are preventable
HSE conservation are of equal importance to other business objectives
HSE conservation are corporate responsibilities discharged through line management

3. Implementation of suitable PPE
AFPC NORM Objectives
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Implementation of suitable PPE
Implement clean up efforts using a cost/benefit approach
Prevent spread of radioactive substances in the environment
Treat,store and dispose of contaminated equipment and radioactive waste in a controlled manner

4. NORM Policy Statement AFPC will:
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AFPC will:
·      Protect its personnel, contractors, 3rd parties and the environment against the hazards of exposure to ionising radiation due to AFPC activities.
·      Avoid uncontrolled releases of radioactive contaminated substances and to minimize the effects of past deposits
·      Apply the principles of ICRP 60 for radiation protection (justification of a practice, optimization of protection and dose & risk limitation)
    No new practices shall be adopted without justification that they are of benefit
   Keep exposure As Low As is Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) where exposure to ionising radiation is not avoidable
   Prevent any exposure to ionising radiation levels that result in an effective dose of more than 1 mSv/y above background to non-classified personnel and to the public
Avoid the need for classified radiological workers wherever reasonably practicable

5. Four organizational entities advise on Ionising Radiation:
Organisation
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Four organizational entities advise on Ionising Radiation:
-   The Senior Radiation Protection Supervisor (SRPS)
-  The Radiation Protection Supervisor (RPS)
-  The Radiation Protection Technician (RPT).

6. Hazards and effects managements
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Evaluate radiological data
Identify risk-reducing measures
Set realistic objectives and performance criteria
Identify credible emergency events and identify response requirements and plans

7. SRPS Responsibilities :
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Be current on all potential and actual NORM-related activities within the company at all times
Ensure records/registers are kept on radiological workers, Ionising Radiation sources, NORM measurements (count and dose rates, specific activity), radioactive waste, and radioactive contaminated equipment
  Identify the number of RPSs and RPTs required
  Audit implementation of the NORM management system

8. RPS Responsibilities :
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Inspect and give radiological assistance in supervision of work involving ionising radiation sources of a non-routine nature
  Ensure quality assurance of radiation protection
Organize the required monitoring and sampling
Qualify waste with respect to radioactivity
Ensure that radioactive waste and NORM-contaminated equipment is stored, packaged, transported and disposed off in compliance with regulations and procedures
Communicate with and report to the SRPS

9. RPT Responsibilities :
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Measure count rates whenever no data are available on installation parts to be opened
Register and report the results in compliance with the relevant NORM Procedure
Notify the RPS if count rates exceed the agreed standards

10. Radiation awareness Course NORM Course for Supervisors
NORM Training
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AFPC have a suite of courses dedicated to NORM. The line shall develop and maintain a training database specifying requirements per job. This includes training requirements for Contractors.
NORM course synopsis
Radiation awareness Course
NORM Course for Supervisors
Radiation Protection Technician (RPT) Course

11. Hazards of NORM External hazards
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External hazards
It is AFPC policy to keep the external radiation dose below 1 mSv/y above background. This is achieved by controlling exposure due to specific measures such as limiting exposure time, restricting access to high radiation areas, etc.
The main contributor to external dose is Gamma radiation. Like X-rays, Gamma radiation can penetrate through steel and the whole body

12. Hazards of NORM Internal hazards
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Internal hazards
The principle hazard of exposure to NORM is associated with absorption of radioactive particles into the body by ingestion or inhalation or through cuts in the skin. The reason that this is hazardous is due to the nature of Alpha and Beta particles being highly charged. Thus, if they are allowed to come into contact with sensitive cells, the Alpha and Beta particles will be absorbed and will cause continuous damage to them.Simple controls can prevent the risks from cuts and ingestion. This leaves inhalation as the main hazard.

13. NORM Measurement Flowchart
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Is equipment/location known or suspected to have NORM /LSA activity
LSA not possible
Yes
No NORM precautions
External Radiation
Gamma radiation> 1μSv/hr at working position
Yes
Inform RPS if γ > 2.5μSv/h
Inform SRPS if γ> 7.5μSv/h No
Active procedure to control Gamma exposure
Yes NO
Alpha/Beta Contamination, α> 2 cps or β >15cps
Inform RPS if γ> 1μSv/h
But no α / β detected
Yes
Full NORM / LSA
precautions
Inform RPS if “hot work” or, if “vessel entry”

14. · Stop dust being created · Stop dust entering the body
Handling of NORM
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Items or waste contaminated with NORM shall not be stored or despatched, unmarked or without appropriate documentation. The material shall be correctly sealed, packaged, labelled, transported and stored according to the procedure.
As explained, the priority with NORM scale handling is to stop dust being inhaled. This is achieved by adhering to procedures which:
·                    Stop dust being created
·                    Stop dust entering the body
·                    Contain scale in one area These procedures are generally based on:
·                    Minimizing work on scaled equipment
·                    Wearing respiratory protection and other PPE
·                    Barricade work areas, restrict access and contain waste

15. Packing, temporary storage and transport
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Items or waste contaminated with NORM shall not be stored or despatched, unmarked or without appropriate documentation. The material shall be correctly sealed, packaged, labelled, transported and stored according to the procedure.

16. Clean up of NORM contaminated area
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To provide radiological advice on practical implementation.
Management shall ensure the availability of a detailed programme including budget, resource and standards requirements for effective implementation
A detailed execution plan
Proposed clean up criteria
Special measures

17. - Unexpected exposure to ionising radiation sources
Emergency procedures
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Due to the source strengths of isotopes within AFPC the most likely emergency scenarios are:
- Unexpected exposure to ionising radiation sources
- Trespassing the designated area
-    Loss or any other unaccounted absence of ionising radiation sources
-   Transport accident

18. Emergency procedures
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Line management shall ensure emergency procedures are followed. Where a contractor does the radiation work. These shall include the prescribed protective equipment (e.g. shielding materials, remote handling equipment) and all corrective actions.
In addition to the urgent corrective actions, AFPC management and the SRPS shall be informed immediately to estimate exposure consequences and to plan additional actions.

19. Register of radiological workers
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It is AFPC’s policy to keep exposure to employees below 1 mSv above background per year wherever reasonably practicable (ALARP). As a consequence there should be no one classified as radiological worker and if so no dose registration is obligatory. Also no medical surveillance and record keeping is necessary. Contractors should keep their own registers.

20. Personal radiation dose records
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For re-assurance purposes dosimeters will be used on a selective basis and results will be entered in an SRPS controlled database. In addition, this database will contain dose estimates calculated from work records. These will be made available on request.
For exposure control NORM dose estimates shall be made using dose rate and exposure time data.

21. Decontamination
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The NORM decontamination Plant is used to remove NORM scales from equipment in order to prepare it for re-use or safe disposal.
Operational controls to prevent the spread of contamination are specified whenever work on contaminated equipment takes place.

22. Control of Radiological Sources used on AFPC operations
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Sources are used by Contractors on behalf of AFPC to carry out activities such as radiography and well logging. Such tasks involve the use of highly radioactive sources and X-ray equipment which if misused can lead to high dose uptake to both contractors and AFPC personnel
Records must be kept of all ionising radiation sources on Company premises. Their exact location should be known at any time (logbook). The SRPS will specify the data to be kept. Contractors shall keep their own registers and ensure that as a minimum the AFPC requirements will be kept.

23. AFPC NORM Manual CONTENT:
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Derived limits
Routine and non-routine jobs on NORM contaminated installations
Protection of personnel against NORM risks
Carrying out, recording and interpreting NORM surveys
Supervised and Controlled Areas
Sampling for NORM
Packing, temporary storage and transport
Decontamination of personnel
NORM measuring programme
Radiological safety precautions for wireline jobs
Radiological safety precautions for dismantling flanges
Radiological safety precautions for NORM contaminated filters
Radiological safety precautions for NORM contaminated vessels and tanks
Radiological safety precautions for pigging operations
Radiological safety precautions for the workshop
Clean up of NORM contaminated areas
Control, issue and care of Radiation Protection Instrumentation
Dose assessment
Decontamination of equipment
Control of contaminated equipment
NORM training
Radiological safety precautions for well re-entry
Control of Radiological Sources used on AFPC operations

24. NORM Yard inventory
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NORM contaminated scale