More Evidence of Deceit from the TVA at the Kingston, Tn. Toxic Waste Spill Site

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Damage and contamination due to TVA's neglect of existing facilities. Citizen's lives destoyed and drinking water contaminated in the Kingston Fossil Fuel Plant disaster due to a waste holding pond dam collapse.

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Evidence of the Widows Creek TVA Fossil Fuel Plant Toxic Waste Spill in January 2009 seen on this aerial photo of Widows Creek. The TVA has not been truthful in this spill nor the Kingston Toxic Waste Pond Dam Collapse.

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Site of the worst Toxic Waste Spill since Love Canal, near Kingston, Tn. TVA has stated the water is safe, according to the Environmental Integrity Project the TVA is deceiving the public.
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Data Reveals Significant Heavy Metal Contamination in Water Samples Downstream of TVA Kingston, Tn. Disaster Site. TVA has repeatedly stated that the water is safe, apparently this is not the case. http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/pub599.cfm Test results, http://kelleycampaigns.com/coalash.html

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The coal ash holding ponds at Widows Creek contain more hazardous wastes than the ones in Kingston, Tn.. http://www.environmentalintegrity.org/pubs/Widows%20Creek%20v%20%20Kingston.pdf None of the waste holding ponds have liners to prevent leakage into underground aquifers. Stevenson, Alabama's water supply is obtained from local wells.

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There is a serious issue of trust concerning the TVA. A question that should be on everyone's mind, can we trust the TVA to operate a nuclear power plant at Bellefonte without deceiving the local population if a radiation leak occurs?

TVA, Business before Safety, Widows Creek Danger, Criminal Complaint Filed.

Is this who you want to operate a Nuclear Power Plant? Criminal Negligence lies, deceit are the actions of TVA Officials which has resulted in the largest environmental disaster since Love Canal. I do not believe the TVA can be trusted to operate Nuclear Power Plants under current management. They have violated the Public Trust.

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Disaster from a collapsed Ash Pond Dam at Kingston's Fossils Fuel Power Plant. Millions of pounds of lead, mercury and arsenic were released into the waters as a result of negligent actions. A massive fish kill and destruction of property was the result. (Knoxville News Sentinel photo)

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TVA's Widows Creek, fines issued, leaks of hazardous waste, requests for criminal prosecution by Federal Investigators of TVA Officials go unheeded. Is Widows Creek another disaster waiting to happen?
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Apparently Ash Pond dam collapses are getting to be a regular occurrence for the TVA as this AP Wire report indicates and filed with the Demoine Iowa Register. "Larry Preece's property near Inez, Ky., was swamped with coal ash sludge eight years ago in a similar spill of more than 300 million gallons. He has some advice for Swan Pond residents: "Be prepared for a long ordeal."

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Despite a cleanup and the passing of years, Preece said he still worries about contamination. Traces of arsenic, mercury and other contaminants were found in the Kentucky sludge, according to the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, based at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta." The full story: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FLOODED_NEIGHBORHOOD_FUTURE?SITE=IADES&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

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The TVA IG, Inspector General, has issued a scathing report concerning the TVA stating, "TVA has placed business operations ahead of ethics and compliance issues. ....TVA has emphasis on cost-cutting , on running the plants without any downtime." Widows Creek is leaking, the IG and the EPA's Criminal Investigation Division filed a complaint with the Department of Justice, DOJ. Alabama's Department of Enviromental Management issued a citation and $100K fine. The Bush Administration's DOJ has refused to take action although the leaks in Widows Creek are a result of criminally negligent actions. This report from the Knoxville News Sentinel, http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2009/jan/04/report-raises-questions-of-ethics/ .

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TVA, through it's negligent and criminal actions, has failed to fulfill its requirement of environmental stewardship of the Tennessee River Valley Watershed as required by law. More evidence of broken government and failing to hold TVA executives accountable for negligent criminal actions. How can we trust an agency to operate a Nuclear Power Plant with such a dismal, non-accountable record of actions.

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The Widows Creek Steam Plant is approximately 20 miles up stream from Scottsboro's water supply.

The TRUTH Concerning TVA's Kingston Fossil Plant disaster.

YouTube - TVA Coal Ash Sampling Trip TVA Police acting the bureaucratic, authoritarian, socialistic, enforcer in this video. The TVA has no oversight. Congress has failed not only in their financial management responsibilities of oversight to banks, oversight failures concerning the TVA is evident. The TVA is a mismanaged, socialistic, bureaucracy whose executive management has displayed irresponsible management and failed stewardship of the Rivers Resources of the TVA area.

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The Director of River Operations announced at Huntsville, Al. that their dam fleet and electrical generation equipment is in need of serious repair and updating. TVA Executives are failing to maintain existing TVA infrastructure.
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Truth for the TVA, "a fifty foot Dam" is not a TVA "retaining wall." The TRUTH is the TVA has not told the truth. They have lied about the risks and finances of Nuclear Power, they have lied about their financial status and now they lie about this terrible disaster to the enviroment and the citizens of the Tennessee River Valley.
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The TVA has and is neglecting their dam fleet, their facilities in general while they massively expand their bureaucracy and the quest for expensive nuclear power.

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Wiki's description of Kingston: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_Fossil_Plant
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TVA's official description of the event in their Financial Filing Statement, SEC Form 8K:

"8.01 Other Events: Sometime after midnight on December 22, 2008, a retention wall for an ash-containment area at TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant (“KFP”), located near Kingston, Tennessee collapsed. The resulting ash slide impacted an area of approximately 250 acres to 400 acres on the north side of the plant. There were no reported injuries but approximately 15 homes were directly affected. The ash slide also interrupted utilities to nearby residents, blocked a local roadway, and a rail spur serving the site. The Environmental Protection Agency has been notified of the incident, and TVA is working with state and local agencies to respond to the situation and assist affected residents. "

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From:http://www.wataugawatershed.org/WWA_Front_Page.html

Story Links: http://sierraclub.typepad.com/compass/ http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/12/23/143848/36/732/676608

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The TVA Coal Ash Impoundment Spill - Another Risk of Coal
This is a blog post from Bruce Nilles, director of the Sierra Club's National Coal Campaign.
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Today there is sad news out of Roane County, Tenn.: A retention pond at the Kingston coal-fired steam plant burst, sending more than 524 million gallons of coal fly ash and water into the nearby town of Harriman and Watts Bar Lake. One man was injured when his home was swept off its foundation, and the mudslide also affected 15 other homes.
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Reports are that the rush of mud, ash and water now covers 400 acres and is several feet deep in some areas – this coal ash spill is also many times more massive than the Exxon Valdez oil spill. The cleanup is expected to last weeks, but some lives have already been altered forever - and the full environmental impact is not yet known. Fly ash is known to contain numerous toxic chemicals and it’s being reported that some of the spill made it into the Tennessee River – a water supply source for the city of Chattanooga as well as people in Kentucky and Alabama.
And now we have to wonder if the Tennessee Valley Authority is being fully open about what’s in that fly ash water – bloggers are already taking notice, including the Knoxville Sentinel blog and in these two posts here and here. The second post links this an excellent article about the risks.
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While coal company CEOs flog the supposed wonders of “clean” coal – they cannot get around the latest coal industry disaster: massive coal sludge spills. To see more of the destruction, just look at the aerial video of the spill. How many more reminders do we need that burning coal for power is filthy and dangerous? And will those doing the cleanup and those living nearby in the aftermath be properly protected in this possibly toxic environment?
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A.P News Story on Law Suit, contaminated well water at Kingston: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081229/ap_on_re_us/flooded_neighborhood