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TVA and The Kingston Ash Spill

TVA and The Kingston Ash Spill. Environmental Disaster By: Tikedra Kellum. Table of Content. Corporate Snapshot History Kingston Ash spill Plan of Action Causes Consequences Questions. Corporate Snapshot. Name: Tennessee Valley Authority Industry: Utilities

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TVA and The Kingston Ash Spill

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  1. TVA and The Kingston Ash Spill Environmental Disaster By: Tikedra Kellum

  2. Table of Content • Corporate Snapshot • History • Kingston Ash spill • Plan of Action • Causes • Consequences • Questions

  3. Corporate Snapshot Name: Tennessee Valley Authority Industry: Utilities Sales Revenue: $11.2 Billion Power Sales: 165 Billion kwh Employees: 12, 762 Provides: 9 million people in parts of seven southeastern states

  4. Seven Southeastern States

  5. History 1930s- Tennessee Valley Authority was established 1940s- 12 hydroelectric projects and a steam plant under construction at the same time 1950s- Congress passed legislation making TVA power system self-financing 1960s- Began building nuclear plants 1970s- International oil embargo

  6. History Continue 1980s- TVA cancelled several nuclear plants 1990s- cut operating cost by 800 million to get ready for competition and unveiled a new clean air strategy. 2000s- launched the green power switch program 2008- the Kingston Ash Spill

  7. What is the Kingston Ash Spill? • December 22, 2008 at 1 am • Ash dike ruptured at an 84-acre solid waste containment area • 5.4 million cubic yards of coal fly ash slurry was released

  8. Kingston Ash Spill cont.. • Raveled across the Emory River and its Swan Pond embayment • Covering up to 300 acres of the surrounding land, damaging homes and flowing up and down stream in nearby waterways • Largest fly ash release in United States history

  9. Ash spill 2008 Aerial Landscape

  10. Plan of Action • Contain release and minimize downstream migration • Assist TDEC in determining the cause of the dike failure • Support TDEC assessment of current and future impacts of release

  11. Plan of Action cont.. •  Develop and implement Corrective Action Plan •  Restore natural resources damaged by the release • Assume financial responsibility for TDEC expenses • Review all TVA coal ash impoundments in Tennessee

  12. Causes • A failure to implement recommend correction actions • The lack of policies and procedures • Poor maintenance • The lack of specialized training • Multiple organizational structure changes • Inadequate communication • A failure to follow engineering best practices

  13. TVA’s Consequences • Paid $11.5 million in penalties in response to the coal ash release for violations of the Tennessee Water Quality Control Act and the Tennessee Solid Waste Disposal Act • The containment cell will cost $175 million • Paid Roane county $4 million • Total cleanup cost in the vicinity of $1.1 billion

  14. Then and Now

  15. Then and Now

  16. Questions?

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