Toxic Metal Content in Appalachian Coal [View All]

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Toxic Metal Content in Appalachian Coal

------parts----tons per-----tons per----pounds
per million---million tons----year * -- per year in
-----------------of coal--------------ash & emissions
Mercury------- 0.2-----0.2-------1-------------2000
Lead------------14------14------70-------------140000
Arsenic---------15------15------75-------------150000
Cadmium-------- 8-------8------ 40--------------80000
Aluminum------- 17000---17000---85000-------- 170000000
Barium ---------2600---2600----13000-------- 26000000
Berylium------- 3------ 3-------15----------- 30000
Chromium------- 23----- 23----- 115----------- 230000
Copper--------- 16----- 16----- 80------------- 160000
Manganese------ 80----- 80----- 400------------ 800000
Nickel----------18----- 18----- 90------------- 180000
Selenium------- 3------ 3------ 15------------- 30000
Thallium--------25 25 125 250000
Thorium---------3.1---- 3.1-----15.5--------- 31000
Uranium---------1.8---- 1.8---- 9------------- 18000
Vanadium------- 5.7---- 5.7---- 28.5----------- 57000
Zinc----------- 0.8 0.8 4 8000

Total ----19,817 99,083 198,166,000

* assumes plant burns 5 million tons per year (2 large coal units)

source: Radian Corporation, "Estimating Air Toxics Emissions from Coal Sources",
U.S. EPA, 1989, NTIS PB89-194229