Radioactivity level of the ambient environment of Anren bone-coal power station

YE Ji-Da，

LIU Hong-Shi，

WU Zong-Mei，

WU Xiao-Fei

Nuclear Science and Techniques

Vol.13, No.1

pp.50-56

Published in print 01 Feb 2002

CLC：X837

22101

The radioactivity level of the ambient environment of Anren Bone-coal Power Station (BCPS) was investigated systematically. The γ radiation dose rate level in the environment, the content of ²³⁸U and ²²⁶Ra in the ambient soil and the farmland in the direction of downwind, the concentrations of ²³⁸U, ²³²Th, ²²⁶Ra, ⁴⁰K and ²²²Rn, as well as α potential energy in air, and the concentrations of natural U and Th in effluent are all higher than the corresponding values of the reference site. The additional annual effective dose equivalent to the residents living in the houses made of bone-coal cinder brick is 2.7 mSv.

Bone-coal power stationEnvironmental monitoringRadioactivity levelEffective dose equivalent

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