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Investigation of environmental activity levels of bone-coal mining area in five provinces

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Investigation of environmental activity levels of bone-coal mining area in five provinces

YE Ji-Da
KONG Ling-Li
LI Ying
JIANG Shan
ZHANG Liang
SHI Jin-Hua
WU Zong-Mei
Nuclear Science and TechniquesVol.16, No.3pp.181-186Published in print 01 Jun 2005
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During 1991-1993, the activity levels of the bone-coal mines were investigated in Zhejiang, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi and Anhui Province, respectively, where the reserve of bone-coal is about 90% of our country's total reserve. The average of γ radiation doserate level measured for bone-coal, bone-coal cinder (BCC) and bone-coal cinder brick (BCCB) in these provinces is about 500 nGy/h, 400 nGy/h and 700 nGy/h respectively, while that for fields, roads and houses made of BCCB in corresponding regions of these provinces is about 200 nGy/h, 260 nGy/h and 300 nGy/h respectively. It is shown that the environmental activity level of bone-coal mining area is about 3 times higher than the reference spots.

Bone-coalBone-coal cinder brickRadiation levelRadiation doserate
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