Yallourn W power station - National Pollutant Inventory data for 2008/2009

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The Australian's Government's National Pollutant Inventory lists emissions from the Yallourn W power station for 2008/2009 as being:^[1]

Substance	Air Total (kg)	Air Fugitive (kg)	Air Point (kg)	Land (kg)	Water (kg)	Total (kg)
Ammonia (total)	22,000				370	23,000
Arsenic & compounds	56		30		6.7	63
Beryllium & compounds	30		17			30
Boron & compounds	36,000		1,200			37,000
Cadmium & compounds	44		0			44
Carbon monoxide	8,900,000	120				8,900,000
Chromium (III) compounds	170				6.7	180
Chromium (VI) compounds	100					100
Copper & compounds	130				78	210
Cumene (1-methylethylbenzene)	0.96					0.96
Fluoride compounds	4,800		4,800			4,800
Hydrochloric acid	2,500,000					2,500,000
Lead & compounds	150				11	160
Manganese & compounds	3,900		2,100		4,700	8,600
Mercury & compounds	28				8.8	37
Nickel & compounds	680		340		81	760
Oxides of Nitrogen	12,000,000					12,000,000
Particulate Matter 10.0 um	3,400,000					3,400,000
Particulate Matter 2.5 um	2,100,000					2,100,000
Polychlorinated dioxins and furans (TEQ)	0.00032					0.00032
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (B[a]Peq)	14					14
Sulfur dioxide	20,000,000					20,000,000
Sulfuric acid	30,000					30,000
Total nitrogen	14,000					14,000
Total Volatile Organic Compounds	21,000					21,000
Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers)	62					62
Zinc and compounds	1,300					1,300

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References

↑ National Pollutant Inventory, "2008/2009 report for YALLOURN ENERGY P/L, TRUenergy Yallourn - Yallourn North, VIC ", Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, March 2010.

External links

[1] National Pollutant Inventory, "2008/2009 report for YALLOURN ENERGY P/L, TRUenergy Yallourn - Yallourn North, VIC ", Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, March 2010.

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