Evaluation of the radiological safety aspects of utilization of Turkish coal combustion fly ash in concrete production

Fuel

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2528-2535

  Turhan, S ^a   Arikan, I H ^a   Yucel B ^a   Varinlioglu A ^b   Kose A ^b  

^a TURKISH ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY   (Turkey)

^b Cekmece Nuclear Research and Training Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Concrete; Effective dose; Fly ash; Gamma index; Radioactivity

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL EFFECTIVE DOSE; CEMENT REPLACEMENT; CONCRETE MIXTURE; CONCRETE PRODUCTIONS; EFFECTIVE DOSE; EXTERNAL EXPOSURE; GAMMA DOSE RATE; GAMMA INDEX; GAMMA RAY SPECTROMETRY; HPGE DETECTORS; RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY; RADIUM EQUIVALENT ACTIVITY; SAFETY LIMITS; SPECIFIC ACTIVITY; THERMAL POWER PLANTS; TURKISH COAL;

COAL; COAL ASH; COAL INDUSTRY; CONCRETE MIXERS; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; FLY ASH; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; GAMMA RAYS; MIXTURES; RADIATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RADIOLOGY; RADIUM; THERMOELECTRIC POWER PLANTS;

COAL COMBUSTION;

EID: 77955271790     PISSN: 00162361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fuel.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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