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Evaluation of radioactive emissions of lignite-fired power plants in Turkey using the Analytic Hierarchy Process

  • T. Büke
Published/Copyright: November 23, 2013
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Abstract

Radioactive emissions of 13 lignite-fired power plants in Turkey are of great concern to the public and to scientists alike. The purpose of this study is to evaluate these power plants, according to their radioactive emissions by using the Analytic Hierarchy Process. Control criteria are in particular 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 238U emissions from the power plants. These control criteria are weighted according to the objective assessment. The calculations are repeated for three different objective assessments of control criteria namely the mortality risk coefficients for inhalation, ingestion, external exposure of 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 238U. It has been calculated that the Çan lignite-fired power plant is ranking first while the Soma-B plant is ranking last according to the radioactive emissions of the power plants when the average of three different objective control criteria are used in the calculations.

Kurzfassung

Radioaktive Emissionen von 13 Braunkohle-Kraftwerken in der Türkei beunruhigen Öffentlichkeit und Wissenschaftler gleichermaßen. Der Zweck dieser Studie ist es, diese Braunkohle-Kraftwerke mit Hilfe des Analytischen Hierarchie-Prozesses nach ihren radioaktiven Emissionen zu bewerten. Bewertungskriterien sind insbesondere 226Ra, 232Th, 40K und 238U-Emissionen aus den Kraftwerken. Diese Bewertungskriterien werden nach der objektiven Beurteilung gewichtet. Die Berechnungen werden für drei unterschiedliche objektive Beurteilungen der Bewertungskriterien wiederholt, nämlich der Mortalitätsrisikokoeffizienten für Inhalation, Ingestion, externe Exposition durch 226Ra, 232Th, 40K und 238U. Es wurde berechnet, dass das Çan-Kraftwerk an erster Stelle und das Soma-B-Kraftwerk an letzter Stelle steht in Bezug auf ihre radioaktiven Emissionen.

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Received: 2013-4-5
Published Online: 2013-11-23
Published in Print: 2013-11-14

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