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Tennessee
Valley Authority - Cumberland
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TVA - Cumberland Fossil Plant
815
Cumberland City Rd.
Cumberland
City, TN 27050
Stewart
County
Air
Pollution Control Devices
|
| SO2: |
Both
Units 1 & 2 use wet
limestone scrubbers. |
|
| NOx: |
Both
units use low-NOx
burners. Selective
Catalytic Reduction (SCR)
systems to be installed.
(status as of June 2004) |
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| Sources:
Title V air permit, govt.
agencies, industry, and/or media
reports |
|
Units
-Year of operation (power)
Unit 1 - 1973 (1238 Mw - 1264 Mw)
Unit 2 - 1973 (1224
Mw - 1250 Mw)- source: DOE
|
| Average NOx Rate (lb/mmBtu) |
Year
|
Unit 1
|
Unit 2
|
| 2005 |
0.34 |
0.32 |
| 2004 |
0.32 |
0.39 |
| 2003 |
0.35 |
0.55 |
| 2002 |
0.51 |
0.54 |
| 2001 |
0.49 |
0.56 |
| 2000 |
0.47 |
0.52 |
| 1999 |
1.41 |
0.55 |
| 1998 |
1.49 |
1.21 |
| 1997 |
1.42 |
1.36 |
| 1996 |
1.35 |
1.31 |
| 1995 |
1.39 |
1.44 |
Nitrous Oxide, Sulfur
Dioxide, and Carbon Dioxide emissions
tons
per year - source: EPA data
|
|
Year
|
NOx
|
SO2
|
CO2
|
| 2005 |
27,186 |
17,473 |
16,883,450 |
| 2004 |
34,959 |
18,526 |
19,965,266 |
| 2003 |
33,609 |
14,791 |
14,309,120 |
| 2002 |
49,943 |
16,661 |
19,058,150 |
| 2001 |
51,180 |
15,550 |
19,693,187 |
| 2000 |
52,098 |
19,856 |
21,370,347 |
| 1999 |
82,671 |
15,921 |
18,413,027 |
| 1998 |
119,060 |
20,501 |
17,531,370 |
| 1997 |
161,522 |
20,968 |
23,591,360 |
| 1996 |
140,381 |
22,775 |
21,496,531 |
| 1995 |
175,058 |
26,130 |
25,669,179 |
Toxic
Releases (in pounds) - source: EPA TRI
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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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