Worker safety is a vital part of the oil and gas industry. Enviroklean Product Development Inc. (EPDI) increases worker safety through education and training on Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM). EPDI offers several different training levels including NORM awareness, NORM worker, NORM surveyor and NORM Radiation Safety Officer (RSO). Education combined with enhanced surveys and analysis of NORM by gamma spectroscopy allows for accurate readings of NORM on a job site. The gamma spectrometer is an instrument that measures the energy and intensity of radiation in a sample such as soil, scale or sludge. EPDI in conjunction with the Nuclear Engineering Teaching Lab at the University of Texas has developed a gamma spectrometer and computer program that allows for real time on-site results within 15 - 30 minutes. We have also used MCNP (Monte Carlo N-Particle) to establish a comprehensive and flexible computer model to realistically estimate the radiation dose absorbed by a field worker.
Presenters
Shauna G. Landsberger, Graham George, Siqui Wantg and Sheldon Landsberger
Enviroklean Product Development Inc. and The University of Texas at Austin Nuclear Engineering Teaching Laboratory