Environmental protection in natural gas industry comparison of different spatio-temporal radiological risk assessment scenarios
The paper analyses results of spatio-temporal radiological risk assessment scenarios based on existing in-situ long-term monitoring data from a natural gas processing plant to analyse the effect of different input data on the assessment outcome. The ERICA Assessment Tool was used to estimat...
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| author | Getaldić Ana Surić-Mihić Marija Veinović Želimir Skoko Božena Petrinec Branko Bituh Tomislav |
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| description | The paper analyses results of spatio-temporal radiological risk assessment
scenarios based on existing in-situ long-term monitoring data from a natural
gas processing plant to analyse the effect of different input data on the
assessment outcome. The ERICA Assessment Tool was used to estimate the dose
rates to biota and potential impacts due to the exposure to ionising
radiation. The input data for radiological risk assessment scenarios
included annual data on activity concentration of radionuclides in soil
from measurements performed from 1994 to 2016 and laboratory
gamma-spectrometric data related to the period from 2014 to 2019. Predicted
total dose rate to biota was generally below the ERICA Tool's screening dose
rate of 10 µGyh-1 or slightly above, with the highest total dose rate
estimated for lichen and bryophytes. Total dose rates to lichen and
bryophytes in the studied period show certain temporal variation, but a
specific trend was not detected. Estimated total dose rates to biota from
different assessment scenarios were below internationally proposed reference
levels for which no detrimental effects are expected. The overall potential
radiological risk to terrestrial biota from the operation of the natural gas
processing plant was found to be negligible. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-75c53c92b74d49ceb4c2a2aa80018e142023-12-12T13:08:29ZengVINCA Institute of Nuclear SciencesNuclear Technology and Radiation Protection1451-39941452-81852023-01-0138213514310.2298/NTRP2302135G1451-39942302135GEnvironmental protection in natural gas industry comparison of different spatio-temporal radiological risk assessment scenariosGetaldić Ana0Surić-Mihić Marija1Veinović Želimir2Skoko Božena3Petrinec Branko4Bituh Tomislav5Faculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaCivil Protection Directorate, Ministry of the Interior, Zagreb, CroatiaFaculty of Mining, Geology and Petroleum Engineering, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, CroatiaRuđer Bošković Institute, Zagreb, CroatiaInstitute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, CroatiaInstitute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, CroatiaThe paper analyses results of spatio-temporal radiological risk assessment scenarios based on existing in-situ long-term monitoring data from a natural gas processing plant to analyse the effect of different input data on the assessment outcome. The ERICA Assessment Tool was used to estimate the dose rates to biota and potential impacts due to the exposure to ionising radiation. The input data for radiological risk assessment scenarios included annual data on activity concentration of radionuclides in soil from measurements performed from 1994 to 2016 and laboratory gamma-spectrometric data related to the period from 2014 to 2019. Predicted total dose rate to biota was generally below the ERICA Tool's screening dose rate of 10 µGyh-1 or slightly above, with the highest total dose rate estimated for lichen and bryophytes. Total dose rates to lichen and bryophytes in the studied period show certain temporal variation, but a specific trend was not detected. Estimated total dose rates to biota from different assessment scenarios were below internationally proposed reference levels for which no detrimental effects are expected. The overall potential radiological risk to terrestrial biota from the operation of the natural gas processing plant was found to be negligible.https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1451-3994/2023/1451-39942302135G.pdfnormnatural gasradiological risk assessmentenvironmental protectionerica tool |
| spellingShingle | Getaldić Ana Surić-Mihić Marija Veinović Želimir Skoko Božena Petrinec Branko Bituh Tomislav Environmental protection in natural gas industry comparison of different spatio-temporal radiological risk assessment scenarios Nuclear Technology and Radiation Protection norm natural gas radiological risk assessment environmental protection erica tool |
| title | Environmental protection in natural gas industry comparison of different spatio-temporal radiological risk assessment scenarios |
| title_full | Environmental protection in natural gas industry comparison of different spatio-temporal radiological risk assessment scenarios |
| title_fullStr | Environmental protection in natural gas industry comparison of different spatio-temporal radiological risk assessment scenarios |
| title_full_unstemmed | Environmental protection in natural gas industry comparison of different spatio-temporal radiological risk assessment scenarios |
| title_short | Environmental protection in natural gas industry comparison of different spatio-temporal radiological risk assessment scenarios |
| title_sort | environmental protection in natural gas industry comparison of different spatio temporal radiological risk assessment scenarios |
| topic | norm natural gas radiological risk assessment environmental protection erica tool |
| url | https://doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1451-3994/2023/1451-39942302135G.pdf |
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