Magnetic Field Monitored In Houses Under 50 Hz High-voltage Transmission Lines Of 70,150, 220 & 380 KV
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Free (open access)
Transaction
Volume
28
Pages
10
Published
1998
Size
767 kb
Paper DOI
10.2495/AIR980241
Copyright
WIT Press
Author(s)
G. Decat and J. Van Tongerloo
Abstract
A one-week monitoring of the 50 Hz magnetic field was performed on the first floor of houses under a 70, 150, 220 and 380 kV high-voltage transmission line (HVTL). The magnetic field strength depended on the time of day and the day of the week and ranged from 0.1 |j,T to 4.5 |iT. The maximum field value was at least 25 times weaker than the 100 p,T exposure level recommended by the guidelines of the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) and nearly 185 times smaller than the 640 pT of the European CENELEC pre-standard. The magnetic fields even produced by the most powerful Belgian HVTL of 380 kV are too weak to interfere with pacemakers. The 0.2 p,T cut-off point used in EMF-epidemiological research for the classif
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