Monitoring environmental impact of oil ashes released from Assiut thermal power plant, Egypt

Non-renewable energy sources basically oil and coal, assume a vital role in the worldwide electrical power generation framework. The Thermal Power Plants (TPPs) have a great effect to the surrounding environment; TPPs can pollute atmosphere and soil through the release of ashes, which contain radioisotopes and heavy metals [1], also working activity in TPPs results in water pollution which after discharge into water causes environmental impact [2]. The procedure of burning for fossil fuels in power plants produces considerable amounts of ash, which prompts redistribution of naturally occurring radionuclides, for example, 226 Ra, 232 Th and 40 K in ash in the environment; this ash is portrayed as Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring