Pesca Pubblicazione scientifica Health Risk Assessment For Radium Discharged Offshore In Produced Water FILONE TECNOLOGICO TEMA produzione e cattura RIASSUNTO AbstractThis paper reports on a probabilistic risk assessment of risks to recreational fishermen from radium in produced water discharged by offshore oil production platforms. A direct approach used limited measurements of radium concentrations in fishes caught near three shallow offshore platforms. A predictive modeling approach estimated the range of radium concentrations in fishes caught near deeper platforms. Estimated risks were described as probability distributions. Median predicted risks associated with shallow offshore platforms, representing worst-case conditions, were always less than 1 x 10-5. Median risks for platforms in deeper water were always less than 3 x 10-7.Produced water generated during oil and gas estimated incremental individual lifetime fatal cancer production can contain radium and other radionuclides. This naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM) may be discharged into offshore and coastal waters. Radium is known to accumulate in aquatic organisms; there is concern that discharged radium could present an important health risk from ingestion of fish and shellfish.This paper reports on a probabilistic risk assessment of the cancer risks to recreational fishermen from ingestion of radium in fish caught near offshore production platforms, in the Gulf of Mexico.P. 357 DATA Data di pubblicazione: 04/04/2013 AUTORI MEINHOLD AF HOLTZMAN S HAMILTON LD ENTE DI AFFERENZA BROOKHAVEN NATL LAB RIVISTA SPE/EPA Exploration and Production Environmental Conference, 27-29 March, Houston, Texas