Characterization and radiological impacts assessment of scale TENORM waste produced from oil and natural gas production in Egypt.

Autor: Abdelbary HM; Department of Analytical Chemistry and Control, Hot Laboratories Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, 13759, Egypt., Elsofany EA; Department of Analytical Chemistry and Control, Hot Laboratories Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, 13759, Egypt., Mohamed YT; Department of Analytical Chemistry and Control, Hot Laboratories Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, 13759, Egypt., Abo-Aly MM; Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., Attallah MF; Department of Analytical Chemistry and Control, Hot Laboratories Center, Atomic Energy Authority, Cairo, 13759, Egypt. dr.m.f.attallah@gmail.com.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Environmental science and pollution research international [Environ Sci Pollut Res Int] 2019 Oct; Vol. 26 (30), pp. 30836-30846. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Aug 24.
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-06183-x
Abstrakt: This study aims to identify the analytical and radiological characterization of scale TENORM waste produced from oil and natural gas productions in the western desert in Egypt and evaluates their radiological impacts. The mean activity concentration of 238 U, 226 Ra, 210 Pb, 228 Ra, 224 Ra, and 40 K measured in scale TENORM samples is 660 ± 63, 1979 ± 435, 1399 ± 211, 645 ± 104, 794 ± 116, and 556 ± 86 Bq/kg, respectively. Radiological hazard parameters (Ra eq , Hex, Hin, etc.) were estimated form the scale TENORM waste sample. All the calculated hazard parameters were found greater than the permissible and recommended safe levels. So the exposure to radiations released from the accumulation of the petroleum scale TENORM waste may cause health risks to the operators and who inhale radioactive radon gases and/or ingest contaminants by radiotoxic nuclides of U, Th, Ra, and Pb. Also, the risks may be extended to the near and/or the general environment.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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