Radiation doses from coal

["Björn Cedervall" <bjorn_cedervall@hotmail.com>]

Radsafers,

When I visited the last RRS Meeting (Radiation Research Society) three 
weeks ago - one physician from the Chicago area (can't remember his name 
at this moment) mentioned that after replacing some nuclear power plants 
with coal fired in the Chicago area, the radiation doses went up. I have 
previously seen data on this (Health Physics??). Anyone who could 
comment or give references or any info about data? If dose estimates 
aren't available, the released activity would also/still be of interest 
(preferably given as nuclide specific Bq/TWh or something similar). 
Measered or calculated is a question in itself BTW.

Bjorn Cedervall, PhD
Dept. Medical Radiation Biology,
Karolinska Institutet
bjorn_cedervall@hotmail.com

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