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In the early morning hours of Dec. 22, 2008, a dam at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston Power Plant collapsed, releasing over a billion gallons of toxic coal ash onto the community of Harriman, TN. It was the largest toxic spill in U.S. history.
- Five Years Later and the Story of the TVA Spill Continues
On December 22, 2008, just after midnight, the town of...
- Five Years Later and the Story of the TVA Spill Continues
18 gru 2009 · Swan Pond lost: The effects of the TVA coal ash spill near Harriman, Tenn. An estimated 5.4 million cubic yards of sludge burst from a failed retention pond at a TVA Kingston fossil plant...
The spill released a slurry of fly ash and water which traveled across the Emory River and its Swan Pond embayment onto the opposite shore, covering up to 300 acres (1.2 km 2) of the surrounding land. The spill damaged multiple homes and flowed into nearby waterways including the Emory River and Clinch River, both tributaries of the Tennessee ...
19 maj 2009 · According to John Moulton, a spokesman for the Tennessee Valley Authority which owns the plant, a test of river water near the spill site found elevated levels of lead and thallium, both of which...
23 gru 2013 · On December 22, 2008, just after midnight, the town of Harriman, Tennessee woke to the flood of more than one billion gallons of toxic coal ash sludge that burst through an earthen dam on the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Kingston Fossil Plant.
On December 22, 2008, a retention pond wall collapsed at Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) Kingston plant in Harriman, Tennessee, releasing a combination of water and fly ash that flooded 12 homes, spilled into nearby Watts Bar Lake, contaminated the Emory River, and caused a train wreck.
17 gru 2018 · The devastated landscape near Harriman, Tennessee, after coal ash from TVA’s Kingston fossil plant flooded the town
