NORM: The lessons to be learned, new challenges and innovative thinking with decommissioning and radioactive waste

Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE International Conference on Health, Safety and Environment in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 28-46

  Smith, Andrew L ^a  

^a Risk Management Systems Ltd

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DECOMMISSIONING (NUCLEAR REACTORS); GAMMA RAYS; GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; HEALTH; NATURAL GAS; OIL WELL LOGGING; PETROLEUM RESERVOIR ENGINEERING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOACTIVITY LOGGING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

APPLIED RESEARCH; HEALTH CONCERNS; INNOVATIVE THINKING; PROTECTION AND MANAGEMENT; RADIOLOGICAL DOSE; SAFETY PROFESSIONALS; SCALE FORMATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

PETROLEUM PROSPECTING;

EID: 77954193837     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.2523/125661-ms     Document Type: Conference Paper

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