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Environmental radon monitoring in gas turbine power station in Haryana

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, K.L. Mehta Dayanand College for Women, Faridabad (India)
  • 2. Department of Physics, I.G.N.College, Ladwa, Kurukshetra (India)
  • 3. Department of Physics, B.S.A. College, Mathura (India)
  • 4. Dept. of Applied Physics, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra (India)

Description

Measurement of indoor radon and its progeny levels was carried out in Gas Turbine Power Station in Haryana, where natural gas is used as fuel. In the power station LR-115, Type- II plastic track detectors were exposed for 100 days at different locations. The radon levels measured at various locations were moderate to high and thus unsafe from health point of view. The potential alpha energy concentration (PAEC), radon levels (EEC), annual exposure, annual effective dose in the Plant varied from 4.14 mWL to 26.7 mWL, 38.3 Bq m-3 to 247.6 Bq m-3, 0.17 WLM to 1.10 WLM and 0.66 mSv to 4.25 mSv. For comparison, the results of a study carried out in thermal power plant in Haryana are also presented. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Environmental Geochemistry
Journal Volume
9
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 67-70
ISSN
0972-0383

Conference

Title
13. national symposium on solid state nuclear track detectors and their applications
Acronym
SSNTDs-13
Dates
16-18 Oct 2003
Place
Hyderabad (India)

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
37111364
Subject category
S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; S03: NATURAL GAS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR AIR CONTAMINATION; NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADON; RADON 222
Descriptors DEC
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CONTAMINATION; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DOSES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FLUIDS; GASES; HEAVY NUCLEI; INDUSTRY; ISOTOPES; MONITORING; NONMETALS; NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; RADON ISOTOPES; RARE GASES

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Notes
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