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Incident ID |
TN00000-186 |
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Dam Name |
KINGSTON FOSSIL PLANT |
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Downstream Hazard Potential |
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State |
TN |
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Incident Date |
12/22/2008 |
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Incident Type |
Failure |
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Incident Driver |
Unknown |
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Incident Mechanism 1 |
Unknown |
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Incident Mechanism 2 |
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Incident Mechanism 3 |
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Incident Description |
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Named Hydrologic Event |
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EAP Enacted (Y/N) due to Incident |
No |
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Fatalities (Number) |
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Number of People Evacuated |
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Number of Habitable Structures Evacuated |
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Number of Habitable Structures Flooded |
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Other Infrastructure Impacts |
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Economic Damages (in $) |
over $100 million |
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Volume released at failure (ac-ft) |
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Response |
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Additional Remarks or Updates |
Not 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 |
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Incident Time |
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Incident Duration |
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Incident Report Produced |
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Information Sources |
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Owner Type |
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Dam Type |
RE |
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Primary Purpose(s) |
T |
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EAP |
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Year Completed |
0 |
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Year Modified |
0 |
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Dam Height |
0 ft |
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Max Storage (ac-ft) |
0 ac-ft |
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Surface Area (acres) |
0 acres |
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River Name |
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Latitude |
0 |
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Longitude |
0 |
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Regulatory Agency(ies) |
TVA |
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NID Number |
TN00000 |
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Attachments |
Y |
