Preliminary analyses of natural radionuclides in selected Turkish power plant lignites |
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| Authors: | N. Öztürk Z. S. Özdogan |
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| Affiliation: | 1. ?ekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center, Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 1, 34831 Atatürk Airport, Istanbul, Turkey
2. Faculty of Engineering, Deptartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Marmara, 81040 Kuyuba?i, Istanbul, Turkey E-mail
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| Abstract: | This preliminary study presents the experimental results concerning the concentrations of selected radionuclides (238U, 232K, 226Ra, 232Th) in Af?in-Elbistan, Çan, Çay?rhan, Erzurum, Göynük, Kangal, Orhaneli, Saray, Seyitömer, Soma, Tunçbilek, Yata?an and Yeniköy lignites, which are primarily utilized as fuel for thermal power plants in Turkey. Gamma-spectrometry of 39 representative lignite samples gave results with the following concentration ranges: 8 to 296 Bq/kg for 238U, 3 to 79 Bq/kg for 232Th, 17 to 360 Bq/kg for 40K, and 5 to 130 Bq/kg for 226Ra. The 238U results reported here are higher than other literature values for various world coals, earth's crust and world average. |
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