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
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
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
106979Informations de copyright
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