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Tennessee Valley Authority - Bull Run


TVA - Bull Run Fossil Plant
1265 Edgemoor Rd.
Clinton, TN 37716
Anderson County


Air Pollution Control Devices

SO2: Scrubber system planned to be installed in 2005.
NOx: Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) online May 2004.
Sources: Title V air permit, govt. agencies, industry, and/or media reports
Units -Year of operation (power)
Unit 1 - 1967 (868 Mw - 870 Mw)

- source: DOE


Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu)

- source: EPA data

Year

Unit 1

2005 0.36
2004 0.35
2003 0.58
2002 0.60
2001 0.62
2000 0.63
1999 0.65
1998 0.65
1997 0.60
1996 0.61
1995 0.67



Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions

tons per year - source: EPA data

Year

NOx

SO2

CO2

2005 11,488 37,534 6,584,729
2004 7,994 28,606 4,601,980
2003 16,721 42,736 5,831,747
2002 17,912 42,188 6,013,355
2001 17,319 43,049 5,705,544
2000 15,596 36,669 4,963,295
1999 13,528 38,179 4,172,129
1998 16,588 55,309 5,097,885
1997 17,833 66,747 5,962,188
1996 13,109 45,415 4,342,805
1995 17,445 51,108 5,345,144



Toxic Releases (in pounds) - source: EPA TRI


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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updated August 2006