Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill
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kingston-fossil-plant-coal-fly-ash-slurry-spill-161-3110411
title:
Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill
text:
The Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill was an environmental and industrial disaster that occurred on December 22, 2008, when a dike ruptured at a coal ash pond at the Tennessee Valley Authority's Kingston Fossil Plant in Roane County, Tennessee, releasing 1.1 billion US gallons of coal fly ash slurry. The coal-fired power plant, located across the Clinch River from the city of Kingston, used a series of ponds to store and dewater the fly ash, a byproduct of coal combustion. The spil
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2008 environmental disaster in Tennessee, US
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Fossil_Plant_coal_fly_ash_slurry_spill
date created:
2008-12-24T20:06:10Z
date modified:
2024-08-27T04:19:11Z
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