title: STUDY OF RADON, THORON EXHALATION AND NATURAL RADIOACTIVITY IN COAL AND FLY ASH SAMPLES OF KOTA SUPER THERMAL POWER PLANT, RAJASTHAN, INDIA.
abstract: Electricity generation in India is largely dependent on coal-based thermal power plants, and increasing demand of energy raised the coal consumption in the power plants. In recent years, study of natural radioactivity content and radon/thoron exhalation from combustion of coal and its by-products has given considerable attention as they have been recognised as one of the important technically enhanced naturally occurring radioactive materials. In the present study, radon, thoron exhalation rate and the radioactivity concentration of radionuclides in coal and fly ash samples collected from Kota Super Thermal Power Plant, Rajasthan, India have been measured and compared with data of natural soil samples. The results have been analysed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: University School of Basic & Applied Sciences, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi 110078, India.
authors.forename: Lalit Mohan
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, S.V. (P.G.) College, Aligarh 202001, India.
authors.forename: Mukesh
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Sahoo
authors.affiliation: Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India.
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Sapra
authors.affiliation: University School of Basic & Applied Sciences, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi 110078, India rajeshkumaripu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive / Q000032:analysis*; D002244:Carbon / Q000032:analysis; D003031:Coal / Q000032:analysis; D060729:Coal Ash / Q000032:analysis*; D007194:India; D011210:Power Plants; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D011851:Radioactivity; D011868:Radioisotopes / Q000032:analysis; D011883:Radium / Q000032:analysis; D011886:Radon / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D000396:Air Pollutants, Radioactive; D003031:Coal; D060729:Coal Ash; D011868:Radioisotopes; D002244:Carbon; D011886:Radon; D011883:Radium