title: SLAYING THE DRAGON-THE STORY OF ONE FPSO, 20 VIETNAMESE OPERATORS AND 3 CONCRETE MIXERS.
abstract: End of life of a floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) facility requires a lot of planning and management. One of the major challenges is the issue of decontamination and waste management. Waste disposal is a very sensitive subject and with agreements like the London Protocol and differences in legislation between countries, it has the potential to become a major stumbling block. Radiation safety is something not often on the mind of an FPSO operator. The planning and layout of such a vessel and its processing plant have usually not gone through any as low as reasonably achievable process during design. Planning the decontamination of such a vessel should start long before the actual decommissioning date. Performing regular vessel cleanouts and radiological profiling of the plant can be beneficial in the end. Finding a workable solution in getting naturally occurring radioactive material contaminated waste out of the vessels and tanks and effectively reducing the waste volumes for end of life clean-up is very important.
authors.affiliation: Radiation Professionals, PO Box 3231, East Perth, WA 6004, Australia.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.affiliation: Radiation Professionals, PO Box 3231, East Perth, WA 6004, Australia.
authors.forename: Annelize
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van Rooyen
mesh_terms: D003666:Decontamination; D008131:London; D011835:Radiation Protection; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D018505:Waste Management
chemical_list: D011850:Radioactive Waste