Kingston coal ash spill of 2008

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The Kingston coal ash spill of 2008 was a major environmental disaster in Tennessee in which a dike failure at a coal-fired power plant released millions of cubic yards of toxic coal ash into nearby rivers and land.

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instanceOf coal ash spill ⓘ
environmental disaster ⓘ
industrial accident ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill ⓘ
TVA Kingston coal ash spill ⓘ
areaCovered more than 300 acres ⓘ
cause dike failure ⓘ
failure of coal ash containment pond ⓘ
cleanupLedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
cleanupOversight Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation ⓘ
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
comparedTo one of the largest coal ash spills in U.S. history ⓘ
containedAt Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash storage pond ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
date 2008-12-22 ⓘ
environmentalImpact destruction of aquatic habitat ⓘ
fish kills ⓘ
loss of wetlands ⓘ
soil contamination ⓘ
water pollution ⓘ
estimatedCleanupCost over 1 billion U.S. dollars ⓘ
healthConcern arsenic contamination ⓘ
lead contamination ⓘ
mercury contamination ⓘ
radioactive elements in coal ash ⓘ
impactedCommunity Harriman, Tennessee ⓘ
Kingston, Tennessee ⓘ
impactedWaterBody Clinch River ⓘ
Emory River ⓘ
Watts Bar Reservoir ⓘ
linked to: Watts Bar Lake
ledTo development of federal coal ash disposal regulations ⓘ
increased scrutiny of coal ash storage practices in the United States ⓘ
legalOutcome lawsuits against Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
settlements with affected residents ⓘ
locatedIn Kingston Fossil Plant ⓘ
Roane County, Tennessee ⓘ
materialReleased bottom ash ⓘ
coal ash slurry ⓘ
coal combustion residuals ⓘ
fly ash ⓘ
notableFor long-term cleanup effort ⓘ
scale of coal ash release ⓘ
operatorOfPlant Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
ownedBy Tennessee Valley Authority ⓘ
plantType coal-fired power plant ⓘ
preceded Dan River coal ash spill of 2014 ⓘ
regulator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ⓘ
startDate 2008-12-22 ⓘ
timeOfDay early morning ⓘ
volumeReleased about 4 million cubic meters ⓘ
about 5.4 million cubic yards ⓘ

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Kingston Fossil Plant → notableEvent → Kingston coal ash spill of 2008 ⓘ
Kingston coal ash spill of 2008 → alsoKnownAs → Kingston Fossil Plant coal ash spill ⓘ
linked to: Kingston coal ash spill of 2008
Kingston coal ash spill of 2008 → alsoKnownAs → TVA Kingston coal ash spill ⓘ
linked to: Kingston coal ash spill of 2008