Environmental assessment of cooling tower drift and vapor emissions for the proposed Vienna Unit No. 9

Technical Report · Fri Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1980

OSTI ID:6484341

Davis, E A; Freeman, V T

This report provides an assessment of the environmental effects of the drift and vapor emissions from the 600 MWe proposed expansion of the generating station at Vienna, Maryland and from the alternative sites at Church Creek and Deep Branch, Maryland. Round mechanical, rectangular mechanical, and natural draft cooling towers are studied. Effects examined include: (1) Salt deposition from the various sources and its effect on soil, crops, native vegetation and man-made structures; (2) The frequency and lengths of visible vapor plumes: and (3) The enhancement of fog and ice on the proposed Route 50 bypass at Vienna to be located 350m north of the cooling towers.

• Research Organization: Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD (USA). Applied Physics Lab.
• OSTI ID: 6484341
• Report Number(s): PB-81-119737
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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