Review of research on impacts to biota of discharges of naturally occurring radionuclides in produced water to the marine environment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 438, Issue , 2012, Pages 325-333

  Hosseini, Ali ^a   Brown, Justin E ^a   Gwynn, Justin P ^a   Dowdall, Mark ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN RADIATION PROTECTION AUTHORITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Impact on biota; Naturally occurring radionuclides; Produced water

Indexed keywords

BACKGROUND VALUE; EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTIONS; IMPACT ON BIOTA; KNOWLEDGE GAPS; MARINE BIOTA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NATURALLY OCCURRING; OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY; OIL AND GAS; PRODUCED WATER; RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES; RADIOLOGICAL IMPACTS; WASTE STREAM;

DRILLING PLATFORMS; RESEARCH;

RADIOISOTOPES;

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; LEAD 210; POLONIUM; RADIOISOTOPE; RADIUM 226; RADIUM 228; SEA WATER; THORIUM; URANIUM 238;

BIOTA; COMPLEXITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MARINE ENVIRONMENT; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIONUCLIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ATLANTIC COD; BIOTA; EMBRYO CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOACTIVITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOTA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EUROPE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OIL AND GAS FIELDS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEAWATER; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

NORTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 84868014058     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.08.047     Document Type: Review

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