Noise radiation from natural-draft cooling towers for nuclear power plants
A procedure for computing the noise levels in the vicinity of natural- draft cooling towers is presented. The noise levels are computed in overall and octave band levels with A-weighting and with no weighting. Attenuation of the noise by wave spreading, atmospheric absorption, barrier screening, vegetation, and wind and temperature gradients are included. The procedure is applied to a nuclear power plant served by four cooling towers and to a nuclear energy center with forty cooling towers. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., Tenn. (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- NSA Number:
- NSA-33-008802
- OSTI ID:
- 4143814
- Report Number(s):
- ORNL--5070
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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