International Conference on Occupational Radiation Protection: Strengthening Radiation Protection of Workers – Twenty Years of Progress and the Way Forward

MANAGEMENT OF NORM CONTAMINATED HYDROCARBON WASTES IN GABON

Not scheduled

1h 30m

Geneva

Poster 5. Occupational radiation protection in the workplaces involving exposure to naturally occurring radioactive material, radon and cosmic rays Session 7. Occupational radiation protection in the workplaces involving exposure to naturally occurring radioactive material, radon, and cosmic rays

Speaker

ondo Meye (Direction Générale de la Radioprotection et de la Sûreté Nucléaire (DGRSN),Ministère de l'Energie et des Ressources Hydrauliques, Gabon)

Description

ABSTRACT
In Gabon, the experience of the regulatory authority regarding radiological safety of Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) is relatively new. In the oil and gas industry the NORM encountered include scales and sludge formed in the inner surface of production equipment and pipelines. Contaminated soil with NORM as a result of uncontrolled disposal of production water may also be of concern. The main radionuclides involved include Ra-226, Ra-228 and Pb-210. The present paper describes the radiological safety measures put in place for the management of NORM contaminated hydrocarbon wastes from a local operator, from their storage in authorized waste storage installations to their transport for their disposal in a dedicated centre in Europe. In particular, radiological assessment of the storage installations, workplace and individual monitoring are presented.

Presentation materials

Abstract_InternationalConferenceOnRadiationProtection_2022.docx