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- Raw material (mainly brown-coal and lignite) with high NORM contents has been used in several CBPP of the involved Western Balkan Countries and the associated case studies in Hungary and NIS countries. The CBPP were generally located close to the mining districts.
- The tailings (waste disposal sites) of many of the CBPP’s (containing TNORM) indeed show increased total gamma dose rate and as such imply potential environmental/health risks.
- The extend due to leakage (transport) of RN outside the disposal sites is poorly monitored and not well understood, but does not seem to be very high, according the existing information. This point has to be elaborated by deeper investigations in the frame of INTAILRISK activities.
- There exist strong differences in waste management practices between the different countries. Some tailings are fully remediated while others are even not monitored.
- Information on alumina industry is scarce, due to 1) strategic importance and/or 2) industrial interests.

Overview of collected existing data & information The compiled information shows that: - Raw material (mainly brown-coal and lignite) with high NORM contents has been used in several CBPP of the involved Western Balkan Countries and the associated case studies in Hungary and NIS countries. The CBPP were generally located close to the mining districts. - The tailings (waste disposal sites) of many of the CBPP’s (containing TNORM) indeed show increased total gamma dose rate and as such imply potential environmental/health risks. - The extend due to leakage (transport) of RN outside the disposal sites is poorly monitored and not well understood, but does not seem to be very high, according the existing information. This point has to be elaborated by deeper investigations in the frame of INTAILRISK activities. - There exist strong differences in waste management practices between the different countries. Some tailings are fully remediated while others are even not monitored. - Information on alumina industry is scarce, due to 1) strategic importance and/or 2) industrial interests.

Test sites
Activities • Each participant (contractor) has proposed and described the possible test-sites within their national or regional boundaries, providing novel opportunities to study the project’s objectives. Based on this information, the consortium has, during the project meetings, chosen several test-sites, where the tasks defined in the frame of the INTAILRISK project (or part of the tasks) are studied in detail. Every test-site is unique in its settings and specific complications, and therefore the different test-sites are complementary in the scope of the project. • The different participants to the project, all having their own specialty and working experience, will participate to the possible extend in research activities, not necessarily restricted to their own test-site. This way of working stimulates exchange of knowledge and international collaboration. • This deliverable describes the different test-sites that are being studied in the frame of INTAILRISK, and the specific research activities that are taking place on each test-site.