Evaluating Potential Human Health Risks Associated with the Development of Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities on Contaminated Sites

Cheng, J. -J.; Chang, Y. -S.; Hartmann, H.; Wescott, K.; Kygeris, C.

doi:10.2172/1169325

Title: Evaluating Potential Human Health Risks Associated with the Development of Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities on Contaminated Sites

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This report presents a general methodology for obtaining preliminary estimates of the potential human health risks associated with developing a utility-scale solar energy facility on a contaminated site, based on potential exposures to contaminants in soils (including transport of those contaminants into the air).

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Cheng, J. -J. ^[1]; Chang, Y. -S. ^[1]; Hartmann, H. ^[1]; Wescott, K. ^[1]; Kygeris, C. ^[2]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania, PA (United States)

Publication Date:: 2013-09-01

Research Org.:: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Solar Energy Technologies Office

OSTI Identifier:: 1169325

Report Number(s):: ANL/EVS/R-13/6
102040

DOE Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 14 SOLAR ENERGY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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                    Cheng, J. -J., Chang, Y. -S., Hartmann, H., Wescott, K., and Kygeris, C. Evaluating Potential Human Health Risks Associated with the Development of Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities on Contaminated Sites.  United States: N. p., 2013. 
        Web.  doi:10.2172/1169325.

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                    Cheng, J. -J., Chang, Y. -S., Hartmann, H., Wescott, K., & Kygeris, C. Evaluating Potential Human Health Risks Associated with the Development of Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities on Contaminated Sites.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1169325

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                    Cheng, J. -J., Chang, Y. -S., Hartmann, H., Wescott, K., and Kygeris, C. 2013.  
        "Evaluating Potential Human Health Risks Associated with the Development of Utility-Scale Solar Energy Facilities on Contaminated Sites".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/1169325.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1169325.

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