  We investigate the gravitational radiation produced by a linearly accelerated
source in general relativity. The investigation is performed by studying the
vacuum C metric, which is interpreted as representing the exterior space-time
of an uniformly accelerating spherically symmetric gravitational source, and is
carried out in the context of the teleparallel equivalent of general
relativity. For an observer sufficiently far from both the (modified)
Schwarzschild and Rindler horizons, which is a realistic situation, we obtain a
simple expression for the total emitted gravitational radiation. We also
briefly discuss on the absolute or relative character of the accelerated
motion.
