Abstract：
While technical aspects of exposures to the naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) are well explored, social science research on NORM is scarce, poorly indexed and dispersed across peer-reviewed literature, as well as various academic disciplines. Through an exploratory review of grey literature and a systematic review of scientific peer-reviewed articles published until December 2020, this paper addresses the following questions: (a) What are the societal challenges related to NORM? (b) What type of scientific research is being conducted on the societal aspects of NORM and (c) To what extent do the findings answer the identified challenges? Unfortunately, results of this study demonstrate a research gap related to the social, economic and cultural aspects of NORM management. Although the few existing studies offer some insights, for instance in relation to risk perception and risk communication, most of the societal challenges identified have not been addressed yet. This demonstrates the strong need for evidence based social science studies in order to improve the management of NORM.
摘要：
虽然暴露于天然存在的放射性物质（NORM）的技术方面得到了很好的探索，对NORM的社会科学研究很少，索引差，分散在同行评议的文献中，以及各种学科。通过对灰色文献的探索性回顾和对2020年12月之前发表的科学同行评审文章的系统回顾，本文解决了以下问题：（a）与NORM相关的社会挑战是什么？（b）正在进行关于NORM的社会方面的科学研究；（c）研究结果在多大程度上回答了已确定的挑战？不幸的是，这项研究的结果表明，与社会有关的研究差距，NORM管理的经济和文化方面。尽管现有的少数研究提供了一些见解，例如，关于风险感知和风险沟通，已确定的大多数社会挑战尚未得到解决。这表明迫切需要基于证据的社会科学研究，以改善NORM的管理。
