Distribution of radium in oil and gas industry wastes from Malaysia

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 779-782

  Omar, M ^a   Ali, H M ^b   Abu, M P ^a   Kontol, K M ^a   Ahmad, Z ^a   Ahmad, S H S S ^a   Sulaiman, I ^a   Hamzah, R ^a  

^a MALAYSIAN NUCLEAR AGENCY   (Malaysia)

^b Atomic Energy Licensing Board (AELB)   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gas; Offshore; Oil; Radium; Scale; Sludge; Spectrometer; TENORM; Waste

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SPECTROMETERS;

GAMMA SPECTROMETERS; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRIES;

RADIUM;

RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228;

ARTICLE; EXTRACTION; GAS WASTE; MALAYSIA; OIL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; WASTE GAS MANAGEMENT;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INDUSTRY; MALAYSIA; PETROLEUM; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIUM; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 1842738290     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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