Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill

Quand

22 déc. 2008

Type

Accident minier

Coordonnées

35.91° N, 84.51° W

Description

2008 environmental disaster in Roane County, Tennessee

2008 environmental disaster in Tennessee, United States

The Kingston Fossil Plant 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.

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