Modeling Radionuclides Dispersion and Deposition Downwind of a Coal-fired Power Plant

• Type: Article in Other Journals
• Date: 2014

Authors

Maria De Lurdes Dinis (Author) FEUP; António Fiúza (Author) FEUP; Joaquim Góis (Author) FEUP; José Carvalho (Author) FEUP; Ana Castro (Author) FADEUP

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FOS: Engineering and technology > Environmental engineering

CORDIS: Technological sciences > Engineering

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DOI: 10.1016/j.proeps.2014.05.013

Abstract (EN): In this study the inhalation doses and respective risk are calculated for the population living within a 20 km radius of a coal-fired power plant. The dispersion and deposition of natural radionuclides were simulated by a Gaussian dispersion model estimating the ground level activity concentration. The annual effective dose and total risk were 0.03205 mSv/y and 1.25 x 10-8, respectively. The effective dose is lower than the limit established by the ICRP and the risk is lower than the limit proposed by the U.S. EPA, which means that the considered exposure does not pose any risk for the public health.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific