Radiological risk assessment to marine biota from exposure to NORM from a decommissioned offshore oil and gas pipeline.

Contaminant Decommissioning Dose modelling In-situ disposal Natural radionuclides

Journal

Journal of environmental radioactivity
ISSN: 1879-1700
Titre abrégé: J Environ Radioact
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8508119

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Oct 2022
Historique:
received: 28 06 2022
revised: 26 07 2022
accepted: 28 07 2022
pubmed: 14 8 2022
medline: 2 9 2022
entrez: 13 8 2022
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Scale residues can accumulate on the interior surfaces of subsea petroleum pipes and may incorporate naturally occurring radioactive materials (NORM). The persistent nature of 'NORM scale' may result in a radiological dose to the organisms living on or near intact pipelines. Following a scenario of in-situ decommissioning of a subsea pipeline, marine organisms occupying the exteriors or interiors of petroleum structures may have close contact with the scale or other NORM-associated contaminated substances and suffer subsequent radiological effects. This case study used radiological dose modelling software, including the ERICA Tool (v2.0), MicroShield® Pro and mathematical equations, to estimate the likely radiological doses and risks of effects from NORM-contaminated scale to marine biota from a decommissioned offshore oil and gas pipeline. Using activity concentrations of NORM (

Identifiants

pubmed: 35963215
pii: S0265-931X(22)00170-9
doi: 10.1016/j.jenvrad.2022.106979
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Petroleum 0

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

106979

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Amy MacIntosh (A)

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia; School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address: amy.macintosh@hdr.mq.edu.au.

Darren J Koppel (DJ)

Curtin University Oil and Gas Innovation Centre, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia.

Mathew P Johansen (MP)

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia.

Nicholas A Beresford (NA)

UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster, UK.

David Copplestone (D)

Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Stirling, Stirling, United Kingdom.

Beth Penrose (B)

Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, University of Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia.

Tom Cresswell (T)

Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation, Lucas Heights, NSW, Australia.

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