KINGSTON FOSSIL PLANT - TN00000-186
Dam Name: KINGSTON FOSSIL PLANT
State: TN
Downstream Hazard Potential:
Incident Type: Failure
Incident Date: 12/22/2008
Incident Driver: Unknown
Incident Mechanism 1: Unknown
Incident Mechanism 2
Incident Mechanism 3
Incident IDTN00000-186
Incident Description
Named Hydrologic Event
EAP Enacted (Y/N) due to IncidentNo
Fatalities (Number)
Number of People Evacuated
Number of Habitable Structures Evacuated
Number of Habitable Structures Flooded
Other Infrastructure Impacts
Economic Damages (in $)over $100 million
Response
Volume released at failure (ac-ft)
Additional Remarks or UpdatesNot regulated as a dam. 40-acre pond used by TVA to hold slurry of ash generated by the coal-burning Kingston Steam Plant. Failure buried a road and railroad tracks leading to the plant & 300 acres. 5.4 million cubic yards (> 1B gal) of sludge. Cleanup co
Owner Type
Dam TypeRE
Primary Purpose(s)T
EAP
Dam Height
Max Storage (ac-ft)
Surface Area (acres)0.00
Year Completed
NID NumberTN00000
River Name
Latitude0
Longitude0
Year Modified
Regulatory Agency(ies)TVA
Incident Time
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Incident Report Produced
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