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Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (TENORM) in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Review

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Radiation is part of the natural environment: it is estimated that approximately 80 % of all human exposure comes from naturally occurring or background radiation. Certain extractive industries such as mining and oil logging have the potential to increase the risk of radiation exposure to the environment and humans by concentrating the quantities of naturally occurring radiation beyond normal background levels (Azeri-Chirag-Gunashli 2004).

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  1. National Radioactive Waste Management Centre, National Nuclear Research Institute, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Accra, Ghana

    Israel Doyi & Samuel Dampare

  2. Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, Ghana Atomic Energy Commission, Accra, Ghana

    David Kofi Essumang

  3. Department of Chemistry, University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana

    Eric Tetteh Glover

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Doyi, I., Essumang, D.K., Dampare, S., Glover, E.T. (2016). Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (TENORM) in the Oil and Gas Industry: A Review. In: de Voogt, P. (eds) Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol 238. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/398_2015_5005

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