Health effects of coal technologies: research needs

Technical Report · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7064245· OSTI ID:7064245

In this 1977 Environmental Message, President Carter directed the establishment of a joint program to identify the health and environmental problems associated with advanced energy technologies and to review the adequacy of present research programs. In response to the President's directive, representatives of three agencies formed the Federal Interagency Committee on the Health and Environmental Effects of Energy Technologies. This report was prepared by the Health Effects Working Group on Coal Technologies for the Committee. In this report, the major health-related problems associated with conventional coal mining, storage, transportation, and combustion, and with chemical coal cleaning, in situ gasification, fluidized bed combustion, magnetohydrodynamic combustion, cocombustion of coal-oil mixtures, and cocombustion of coal with municipal solid waste are identified. The report also contains recommended research required to address the identified problems.

• Research Organization: Mitre Corp., McLean, VA (USA). METREK Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-79EV10018
• OSTI ID: 7064245
• Report Number(s): DOE/HHS/EPA-05; MTR-79W15902
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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