Radiation safety and Environmental impact assessment of sludge TENORM waste produced from petroleum industry in Egypt

Abstract The characterization and radiological study of sludge technically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials (TENORM) waste samples collected from the production of oil and gas at Gabal EL Zeit eastern desert in Egypt were carried out using different analytical and radiological spectrometry. The sludge TENORM waste sample was fractionated to 3 different particle sizes (