title: Radioactivity connected with coal burning.
abstract: The enhanced environmental radioactivity resulting from the operation of a 72 MWe brown coal-fired power plant in central Italy is considered. A source-related control procedure is suggested. The calculated values for the atmospheric dispersion of radioactive effluents and the results of some measurements on brown coals, ash, environmental samples and gamma-exposure levels performed at representative points are reported.
mesh_terms: D003031:Coal; D003032:Coal Mining; D004787:Environmental Pollution; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008834:Microclimate; D011210:Power Plants; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D003031:Coal; D011868:Radioisotopes