Dose assessment around the Yatagan coal-fired power plant due to gross alpha-radioactivity levels in flying ash

Abstract

The gross alpha-radioactivity levels in ash wastes from the Yatagan coal-fired power plant have been measured, and radiation dose calculations have been carried out, by the computer code CAP88-PC, around the plant environment by using the maximum measured gross alpha-activity in the flying ash samples as a radioactive source. The results obtained from the calculations are under the dose limits of International Commission of Radiation Protection (ICRP) and have not any risk for public health around the plant environment.