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TENORM accumulation and management in refineries

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A multi-step project has been developed by eni r&m to define a technologically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive material (TENORM) 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, the dose assessment for workers and the public, the introduction of radiometric characterization before release of potentially contaminated waste.

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  1. Eni S.p.A. exploration & production division, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy

    F. Devecchi, E. Rizzio, G. Colombo & R. Fresca Fantoni

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Devecchi, F., Rizzio, E., Colombo, G. et al. TENORM accumulation and management in refineries. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 299, 887–890 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-013-2711-8

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