Ο ΙΑΕΑ τεκμηριώνει πως τα ραδιενεργά απόβλητα είναι το κύριο πρόβλημα στην εξόρυξη φυσικού αερίου. Η Λάρνακα θα φιλοξενήσει τα ραδιενεργά απόβλητα, του Ισραήλ, της Αιγύπτου, του Λιβάνου, της Μάλτας και άλλων χωρών!
Η κατάσταση στη Λάρνακα με το βιομηχανικό λιμάνι θυμίζει πολιτικό θρίλερ.
Δεν θα έπρεπε βέβαια να μας εκπλήσσει αφού η παγκόσμια ιστορία (με πρωταγωνιστή την εξωτερική πολιτική των ΗΠΑ) μας έχει αποδείξει ότι για χάριν των πετρελαίων έχουν βαφτεί πόλεις και χώρες με αίμα και έγιναν ανελέητοι πόλεμοι.
Η Λάρνακα κινδυνεύει! Απόβλητα, ραδιενεργά και εκρηκτικά θα είναι η “ανάπτυξη” της πόλης που βέβαια δεν θα επηρεάσει μόνο τη Λάρνακα αλλά και τις γύρω περιοχές.
Να υπενθυμίσουμε ότι η ραδιενέργεια -που έχει διάρκεια ζωης 200-1000 χρόνια- είναι ΑΙΤΙΑ ΓΙΑ ΟΓΚΟΥΣ ΚΑΙ ΚΑΡΚΙΝΟΥΣ, ενώ ένα πιθανό ατύχημα ή μια τρομοκρατική ενέργεια μπορεί να αποτελέσει ασύλληπτο όλεθρο.
Πιο κάτω δημοσιεύουμε απόσπασμα από το Report του International Atomic Energy Association (Παγκόσμιος Οργανισμός Ατομικής Ενέργειας). Πιστοποιείται η ανάγκη χρήσης ραδιενεργών στοιχείων κατά την εξόρυξη φυσικού αερίου με αποτέλεσμα την παραγωγή ραδιενεργών αποβλήτων τα οποία στην περίπτωση της Λάρνακας θα επιστρέφουν στο λιμάνι μέσω της λάσπης και στην Αραδίππου μέσω των επιμολυσμένων μηχανημάτων που θα έρχονται
για καθαρισμό και απολύμανση.
IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency)
RADIATION PROTECTION AND THE MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
4. UNSEALED RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY
4.3. WASTE MANAGEMENT OF UNSEALED SOURCES AND MATERIALS
4.3.1. Introduction
The proper management of unsealed radioactive sources and wastes by the owner/operator is of particular importance. If not properly managed and controlled, the waste has the potential to contaminate working and nonworking areas and persons and may in some cases present serious risks to human health and to the environment.Tracer work creates radioactive waste that must be accumulated and disposed of in accordance with the requirements of the regulatory body. The laboratory’s waste is likely to include laboratory aprons, gloves and overshoes, absorbent materials, glassware and similar low level radioactive waste as well as possibly higher activity concentrations of excess radioactive material. The injection company’s wastes will include absorbent materials, industrial personal protective equipment and surplus radiotracer. The service co maintain inventories of all radioactive materials received, sold, used, stored, decayed and disposed of (see example documentation, Fig. 18).
All radioactive material declared as waste must be managed in accordance with the requirements of the regulatory body. This includes radioactive material that may have been ordered and received but not used.
The regulatory body will issue a licence authorizing accumulations of radioactive waste of short half-life to be kept until they have decayed to a sufficiently low level of activity concentration to be discarded. A radioactive waste management programme applicable to unsealed sources needs to be documented and submitted to the regulatory body for review and approval. General guidance on the components and structure of such a programme is given in Ref. [28], and the important aspects are discussed in Sections 4.3.2. to 4.3.8.
4.3.2. Waste minimization strategies
The development of strategies to minimize waste generation should be given a high priority in the waste management programme. A significant degree of waste minimization with regard to unsealed sources can be achieved by:
(a) Using relatively short lived radionuclides wherever possible;
(b) Using the minimum quantity of radioactive material consistent with achieving the objective of the work application;
(c) Applying strict controls during the use of unsealed sources in order to minimize the contamination of other materials and objects;
(d) Minimizing the presence of unnecessary materials and items in controlled areas where open sources are handled;
(e) Recycling of unused source material by the manufacturer;
(f) Decontaminating and cleaning items and areas. On-site decay storage is the preferred method of waste minimization in the case of short lived radionuclides (half-life <100–200 d), e.g. 192Ir. Waste volumes can be reduced by various methods; for example, paper and plastic materials contaminated with radionuclides may be compacted or shredded. Other methods such as incineration would require that the waste be packaged and transported to a waste treatment facility authorized by the regulatory body.
Active practical measures (e.g. covering with plastic) should be taken during work with unsealed sources to prevent equipment from becomingmpanies must contaminated. Contaminated equipment should be decontaminated wherever possible, either at on-site or off-site facilities. Equipment and materials that cannot be decontaminated to authorized clearance levels [24] must be disposed of as radioactive waste in accordance with the requirements of the regulatory
