In order to include natural radioactivity in this management process, a parallelism can be established. Initial determination of the physical and chemical characteristics of residues produced in the industrial process should include, in the case of NORM, also radioactivity levels. The steps to be followed after this characterization would be similar of those used for conventional, non-radioactive wastes, although some complexity should be introduced because the radiological impact is assessed by means of evaluations of the effective dose, which cannot be measured directly, instead of direct activity concentration measurements.