Kingston Fossil Plant

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Kingston Fossil Plant is a large coal-fired power plant operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority, known for its significant electricity generation and for a major coal ash spill in 2008.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coal-fired power plant
fossil fuel power station
commissioned 1955
country United States of America
countrySubdivision Tennessee
dateOfDisaster December 22, 2008
disasterCause failure of coal ash containment dike
disasterCleanupResponsibility Tennessee Valley Authority
disasterEnvironmentalImpact contamination of Clinch River
contamination of Emory River
disasterLocation coal ash storage pond
disasterOperator Tennessee Valley Authority
disasterType coal ash slurry spill
emits carbon dioxide
coal ash
nitrogen oxides
sulfur dioxide
environmentalDisaster Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill
fuelSource Appalachian coal
gridConnection Tennessee Valley Authority
surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority transmission network
gridInterconnection Eastern Interconnection
gridRegion Southern United States
surface form: Southeastern United States
hasCoolingSource Watts Bar Lake
hasGenerationType baseload power generation
hasOperatorType federally owned corporation
hasOwnerType public utility
hasWasteProduct coal ash
coal combustion residuals
inception 1955
industry electric power generation
locatedIn Roane County, Tennessee
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Tennessee
surface form: State of Tennessee
locatedInTimeZone Central Time Zone
locatedNear Kingston, Tennessee
locatedOnWaterbody Clinch River
Emory River
nearCity Harriman, Tennessee
notableEvent Kingston coal ash spill of 2008
notableFor large coal ash spill in 2008
numberOfUnits 9
operator Tennessee Valley Authority
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority
Tennessee Valley Authority
surface form: federal government of the United States (via TVA)
partOf Tennessee Valley Authority
surface form: Tennessee Valley Authority power system
primaryFuel coal
regulator Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation
United States Environmental Protection Agency
surface form: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
usesCoolingWaterFrom Watts Bar Lake

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Roane County, Tennessee contains Kingston Fossil Plant