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Title: Electric Power High-Voltage Transmission Lines: Design Options, Cost, and Electric and Magnetic Field Levels

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10196786· OSTI ID:10196786
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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Environmental Assessment Division. Electronics and Computing Technologies Division
  2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Environmental Assessment Division

The aim of this report is to provide background information about (1) the electric and magnetic fields (EMFs) of high-voltage transmission lines at typical voltages and line configurations and (2) typical transmission line costs to assist preparers and reviewers of the section on alternatives in environmental documents. This report will give the reviewing individual a better appreciation of the factors affecting EMF strengths near high-voltage transmission lines and the approaches that might be used to reduce EMF impacts on humans and other biological species in the vicinity of high-voltage overhead or underground alternating-current (ac) or direct-current (dc) transmission lines.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, Office of Fuels Program
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
10196786
Report Number(s):
ANL/EAD/TM-31; ON: DE95004185
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English