RE: Rad Content in Oil

["Spell, Bill" <bills@deq.state.la.us>]

Refined or unrefined?  Seriously, in a quart (should I say liter?) of crude 
or refined oil, you would have difficulty measuring any radiation.  But in 
the pipes (tubular goods)  through which crude flows, barium and radium 
sulfate are the principal scales which form and which eventually have to be 
removed to restore adequate flow if the pipe is to continue to be useful. 
 These scales are considered to contain naturally-occurring radioactive 
material (NORM) and have become the latest "hot topic" in the states' 
regulatory industry, I suppose.  But don't even ask the NRC about 
it......<GRIN>.

CULater......

Bill Spell
bills@deq.state.la.us

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From: radsafe
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: Rad Content in Oil
Date: Wednesday, July 03, 1996 9:12AM

Does anyone know the amount of rad content normally measured in petroleum
oils?

Thanks,

S.A. McElhaney
LMES K-25 Site
mcelhaneys@ornl.gov