Abstract
Due to mass-scale industrialisation, world's environment is being polluted every day endangering the existance of living beings on the earth. This has attracted the attention of environmental engineers, medical practitioners, planners and researchers throughout the world. Attempts are being made to make air, water and atmosphere clean and to prevent likely hazards arising out of various industrial activities. In addition, the radiation from natural sources is all around us and has been here since time immemorial. Coal miners have small occupational radiation which arise from naturally occurring radioactive substance(s) underground. The predominant source of natural radiation present in coal mines is the Radon gas. This paper describes the origin of Radon and its radiological hazards. An attempt has been made to review the status of the problem likely to be caused by the different radioactive elements present in Indian coal, coal ash and allied coal-based industries.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 17-21 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Environmental Engineering Division |
| Volume | 82 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - Sep 2001 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Coal mining
- Radiation
- Radon
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Engineering