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Management of TENORM in a crude refinery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 January 2012

F. Devecchi
Affiliation:
eni S.p.A. exploration & production division
G. Colombo
Affiliation:
eni S.p.A. exploration & production division
R. Fresca Fantoni
Affiliation:
eni S.p.A. exploration & production division
E. Rizzio
Affiliation:
eni S.p.A. exploration & production division
E. Di Caprio
Affiliation:
eni S.p.A. refining & marketing division
S. Macrì
Affiliation:
eni S.p.A. refining & marketing division
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Abstract

A multi-step project has been developed by eni r&m to define a TENORM (Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material) management system in refinery plants, compliant with Italian regulations and international guidelines.

The project involves a preliminary survey on refineries to detect, on the basis of the production process, the sections at risk of TENORM accumulation; this analysis is followed by the consequent formation/information to the workers, dose assessment for workers and the public, introduction of radiometric characterization before release of potentially contaminated waste.

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Research Article
Copyright
© Owned by the authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2011

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References

Norma UNI 10720 “Guida alla scelta e all’uso degli apparecchi di protezione delle vie respiratorie”).
European Commission, “Practical use of the concepts of clearance and exemption – Part II: Application of the concepts of exemption and clearance to natural radiation sources, Radiation Protection RP122”, European Commission, Luxemburg (2001).
Italian Radiation-Protection Regulations (D. Lgs. 230/95 e s.m.i. All. IV para. 14.1)