Trace elements in the terrestrial environment of a coal-fired powerhouse

Technical Report · Thu Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5375026· OSTI ID:5375026

Horton, J. H.; Dorsett, R. S.; Cooper, R. E.

A coal-fired powerhouse at the Savannah River Plant, Aiken, South Carolina operated for more than 20 years without electrostatic precipitators and consumed about 360,000,000 kilograms of coal per year. Twenty-nine trace elements were measured in fly ash, and in samples of soil, vegetation, and ground water collected along a 29-km traverse centered on the powerhouse. There were statistically significant effects of the stack releases upon the concentration of Ba, Be, Cu, Hg, Mn, Se, and Sr in soil; Be, Co, Mo, Sr, and V in vegetation; and Co and Mn in ground water. The Ba, Hg, Sr, and Mn in fly ash are less available to plants than the same elements in soil.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, S.C. (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-09-0001
• OSTI ID: 5375026
• Report Number(s): DP-1475
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AEROSOL WASTES
AIR POLLUTION
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
BARIUM
BERYLLIUM
BIOMASS
CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS
COAL
COBALT
COPPER
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FLY ASH
FOSSIL FUELS
FOSSIL-FUEL POWER PLANTS
FUELS
LAND POLLUTION
MANGANESE
MERCURY
METALS
MOLYBDENUM
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PLANTS
POLLUTION
POWER PLANTS
REFRACTORY METALS
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SELENIUM
SEMIMETALS
SOILS
STACKS
STRONTIUM
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
TRACE AMOUNTS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
US AEC
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES