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Tennessee Valley Authority Webpage on Ash Slide at Kingston Fossil Plant

Kingston Update Page: “TVA, local, state and federal agencies continue to work on recovery and clean up of a release of ash caused by a failure of a coal fly ash containment retention wall at TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant in East Tennessee….An aerial survey completed last week shows that about 5.4 million cubic yards of ash has been displaced and covers slightly less than 300 acres outside of the ash storage areas…Ash, a by-product of a coal-fired power plant, is stored in containment areas. The one for which the retention wall failed covers about 40 acres. It is one of three containment areas at the Kingston plant.”

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