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 transmission network ⓘ
gridInterconnection Eastern Interconnection ⓘ
gridRegion 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 State of Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: 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 ⓘ
federal government of the United States (via TVA) ⓘ
partOf Tennessee Valley Authority power system ⓘ
primaryFuel coal ⓘ
regulator Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
usesCoolingWaterFrom Watts Bar Lake ⓘ

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Roane County, Tennessee → contains → Kingston Fossil Plant ⓘ
Kingston coal ash spill of 2008 → locatedIn → Kingston Fossil Plant ⓘ
Kingston coal ash spill of 2008 → containedAt → Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash storage pond ⓘ
linked to: Kingston Fossil Plant