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    Evaluation of the radiological safety aspects of utilization of Turkish coal combustion fly ash in concrete production
    (Fuel 89 (2010) 2528–2535, 2010-01-16) Turhan, Şeref; Arıkan, İ.H.; Yücel, B.; Varinlioğlu, A.; Köse, A.
    The aim of this study is to evaluate radiological safety aspects of the utilization of fly ash in concrete manufacturing in the construction industry. The specific activities of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K in one hundred 55 concrete mixture samples incorporating 10, 20 and 30 wt.% of fly ash collected from the 11 coal-fired thermal power plants were measured by means of gamma-ray spectrometry with HPGe detector. The results of the measurement were used to evaluate the radiological safety aspects of utilization of the fly ash as cement replacement in concrete by assessing the radium equivalent activity, the gamma index, the absorbed gamma dose rate and the corresponding annual effective dose due to the external exposure in indoor. The results of evaluation show that all concrete mixture samples are within the recommended safety limits except for concrete mixture samples incorporating 30 wt.% fly ash of Kangal coal-fired thermal power plant.
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    Radiological characteristics of pulverized fly ashes produced in Turkish coal-burning thermal power plants
    (Fuel 89 (2010) 3892–3900, 2010-07-14) Turhan, Şeref; Parmaksız, A.; Köse, A.; Yüksel, A.; Arıkan, İ.H.; Yücel, B.
    The objective of this study is to determine radiological characteristics of pulverized fly ash (PFA) collected from the 15 coal-burning thermal power plants (TPPs) in operation by means of gamma spectrometric technique and to assess the radiological impacts from the utilization of PFA samples examined as filling and cover material in earthwork applications. Also, the annual effective doses received by workers handling PFA and members of the public living in a house near the PFA pile/landfill were estimated using methods specified in the Radiation Protection 122. The activity concentrations of 226Ra, 232Th and 40K measured in PFA samples were tabulated for each TPP. The activity results show that Turkish PFA may have relatively high natural radioactivity content, depending on its origin reaching in the case of Kangal PFA 2720 Bq kg 1 of 226Ra. The values of external exposure indexes (radium equivalent activity index and gamma index) calculated for PFA samples are within the recommended safety limits. As well, the highest mean total annual effective doses estimated as 7.3 10 5 Sv y 1 for workers and 1.5 10 4 Sv y 1 for members of the public are significantly lower than the annual limit of 1.0 10 3 Sv y 1.