Assessment of the radiological health damage costs of the Yeniköy and Kemerköy lignite-fired power plants in Muğla

Abstract

Abstract The health impacts and corresponding damage costs of radioactive emissions of Yeniköy and Kemerköy lignite-fired power plants in Muğla have been assessed by using the simplified impact pathway approach. Radiation dose and risk calculations have been carried out by the code CAP88-PC around the power plants. Specific isotopes, 226Ra, 232Th, 40K and 238U in the flying ash samples are considered as radioactive sources. The estimated total collective doses around Yeniköy and Kemerköy power plants are 3.15 × 10−4 man Sv/year and 3.77 × 10−4 man Sv/year. Health effects and the corresponding damage costs around the power plants due to radioactive emissions from the power plants are negligible.