4th ENA (European NORM Association) Workshop 2026
9th March 2026 to 12th March 2026
ENA, the European NORM Association, is the organization promoting the safe management of Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) towards workers, public and the environment. Presence of NORM implies a need for radiological risk assessment in strategic industrial sectors, and it will become more relevant in the context of the Green Transition, since the provision of many Critical Raw Materials is impacted by natural radionuclides. Also, many legacy sites require new decommissioning solutions focused on valorisation perspectives and radiation protection.
ENA is committed to advance in NORM safe management by playing the role of connecting practitioners, researchers, and regulators. Such a connection comes true especially at the ENA Workshop, which is the most important event in the association, held every two years. After the very successful Workshop in Rome in 2024, this time all ENA members and NORM professionals are invited to convene in the beautiful city of Seville, where the NORM experts from the Centro Nacional de Aceleradores (CNA), the Universities of Seville and the University of Huelva are organize an exciting 4th ENA Workshop in March 2026.
Since ENA intends to promote safe zero-waste strategies in the NORM industries, the motto of the conference will be “NORM: Rethink. Reclaim. Revalue”. The main topic sessions will be:
- Session 1: Rethinking radiation protection in existing industries, in particular CRM related processes.
- Session 2: Reclaiming legacy sites with NORM: experiences from case studies.
- Session 3: Revalue industrial NORM.
In this context, phosphogypsum is a particularly relevant NORM due to its volume and potential for valorisation. This is why in the 4thENA Workshop, a special session on this material will be addressed with the intention to present and discuss the latest advances on its management.
In addition, this session would be complemented by 1-day field trip to Huelva phosphogypsum piles to visit the progress of the RESTORE 2030 project (currently under negotiation with project leaders).
Topic sessions will be complemented by talks by selected keynote speakers and dedicated panel discussions focused on the practical approaches of NORM management.