Internal radiation exposure from TENORM for workers conducting cleaning activities on equipment used at geothermal energy plant.
Cleaning activity
Geothermal energy plant
Internal dose assessment
Radon
TENORM
Worker
Journal
International journal of hygiene and environmental health
ISSN: 1618-131X
Titre abrégé: Int J Hyg Environ Health
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 100898843
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2023
03 2023
Historique:
received:
26
08
2022
revised:
16
10
2022
accepted:
29
10
2022
pubmed:
7
1
2023
medline:
8
2
2023
entrez:
6
1
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Geothermal energy is predicted to be one of the most important renewable energy sources in the near future. In geothermal energy plants, the secondary products such as the scale containing naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) and adhering to the surface of equipment produce radiation fields. The workers who maintain and clean such equipment are at a risk to be exposed by the technically enhanced NORM (TENORM). To estimate the risks of radiation exposure to the workers, we assessed internal doses resulting from the cleaning activities on 150 heat exchanging boards used at a geothermal energy plant, focusing on
Identifiants
pubmed: 36608494
pii: S1438-4639(22)00144-4
doi: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2022.114061
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Lead
2P299V784P
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
114061Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2022. Published by Elsevier GmbH.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of competing interest We declare that we have no competing interests.