Waste Spills From a Second TVA Coal-Fired Power Plant (Update)
source: http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/jan2009/2009-01-12-091.asp
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STEVENSON, Alabama, January 12, 2009 (ENS) - The Tennessee Valley Authority's second waste spill in three weeks at one of its coal-fired power plants has drawn demands that the federally owned and operated utility act immediately to secure the waste at its facilities.
A 10,000 gallon leak of process water from the gypsum pond at the Widows Creek Fossil Plant in Stevenson was discovered just before dawn on Friday. TVA officials say the leak has stopped.
The utility said Sunday that the spill occurred when a cap dislodged from an unused 30-inch standpipe in the gypsum pond. This allowed water and gypsum to bypass the existing system and drain into the adjacent settling pond, filling it to capacity and causing it to overflow. TVA will fill the unused pipe with concrete.
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A 10,000 gallon leak of process water from the gypsum pond at the Widows Creek Fossil Plant in Stevenson was discovered just before dawn on Friday. TVA officials say the leak has stopped.
The utility said Sunday that the spill occurred when a cap dislodged from an unused 30-inch standpipe in the gypsum pond. This allowed water and gypsum to bypass the existing system and drain into the adjacent settling pond, filling it to capacity and causing it to overflow. TVA will fill the unused pipe with concrete.
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onechance
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Good thing it's "clean" and UNREGULATED!!!! Thanks so much Bu$hCo. You slimy pieces of garbage.
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onechance
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Bren589
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I wouldn't want to be the one responcible for that clean up
- 3 years ago
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Bren589
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Scarabus
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Is this what the industry means by "clean coal"?
- 3 years ago
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Scarabus
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bansheewail
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Yuck!!
- 3 years ago
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