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Duke
Energy - Buck
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Duke Energy
- Buck
1555 Dukeville Rd.
Salisbury, NC 28146
Rowan County
Air
Pollution Control Devices
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Duke
Energy will install selective
non-catalytic reduction devices
for controlling NOx by 2013.
(status as of
June 2004, updated August 2007)
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| NOx: |
low-NOx
burners on Units 5 &
6 (IDs 8 & 9). Unit 5: Selective Non-catalytic Reduction began Nov. 6, 2006. Unit 6: Selective Non-catalytic Reduction began Oct. 18, 2006. |
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| Sources:
Title V air permit, govt.
agencies, industry, and/or media
reports |
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Units -Year of
operation (power)
Unit 3 /IDs 5 & 6-
1941 (75 Mw)
Unit 4/ID 7- 1942 (38 Mw)
Unit 5/ID 8- 1953
(128 Mw)
Unit 6/ID 9- 1953 (128 Mw)- source:
DOE
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| Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu) |
Year
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ID 5
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ID 6
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ID 7
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ID 8
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ID 9
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| 2006 |
0.39 |
0.40 |
0.41 |
0.21 |
0.20 |
| 2005 |
0.40 |
0.40 |
0.40 |
0.22 |
0.22 |
| 2004 |
0.34 |
0.36 |
0.41 |
0.22 |
0.22 |
| 2003 |
0.40 |
0.41 |
0.44 |
0.24 |
0.24 |
| 2002 |
0.40 |
0.41 |
0.44 |
0.29 |
0.30 |
| 2001 |
0.40 |
0.40 |
0.43 |
0.44 |
0.44 |
| 2000 |
0.41 |
0.42 |
0.44 |
0.43 |
0.44 |
| 1999 |
0.42 |
0.43 |
0.45 |
0.42 |
0.43 |
| 1998 |
0.41 |
0.43 |
0.45 |
0.43 |
0.44 |
| 1997 |
0.45 |
0.45 |
0.44 |
0.44 |
0.45 |
| 1996 |
0.62 |
0.62 |
0.61 |
0.52 |
0.58 |
| 1995 |
0.27 |
0.56 |
0.52 |
0.45 |
0.61 |
Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur
Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions
tons
per year - source: EPA data
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Year
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NOx
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SO2
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CO2
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| 2006 |
2,204 |
9,560 |
1,729,847 |
| 2005 |
2,250 |
9,582 |
1,761,106 |
| 2004 |
2,002 |
9,280 |
1,680,243 |
| 2003 |
3,104 |
12,108 |
2,255,869 |
| 2002 |
2,110 |
7,427 |
1,389,551 |
| 2001 |
3,752 |
9,205 |
1,730,127 |
| 2000 |
4,283 |
10,245 |
1,965,627 |
| 1999 |
3,976 |
11,874 |
1,868,804 |
| 1998 |
3,434 |
11,964 |
1,579,343 |
| 1997 |
4,646 |
16,463 |
2,115,938 |
| 1996 |
5,040 |
12,049 |
1,738,805 |
| 1995 |
1,305 |
3,476 |
630,484 |
Toxic
Releases (in pounds) - source: EPA TRI
(includes
facility-wide, not just coal-fired units)
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| Dioxin Releases (in grams)
- source: EPA TRI |
For
information, including health impacts, on
chemicals listed, please check out these
resources:
U.S. Library of
Medicine: TOXNET - http://toxnet.nlm.nih.gov/
Agency For Toxic
Substances And Disease Registry: Toxicological
Profiles - http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/
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