Widows Creek Fossil Plant

TVA has taken a number of steps to make the efficient generation of power at Widows Creek as clean as possible:

Units 7 and 8 are equipped with wet limestone scrubbers to remove particulates and sulfur dioxide emissions. These units also use low-NOx burners to reduce the production of nitrogen oxides.
TVA has installed selective catalytic reduction systems on units 7 and 8 to further reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by about 90 percent.
As of Oct. 1, 2011, the plant’s six other units have been idled — earlier than their retirement is required by an agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency, state environmental agencies and other parties.

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Toxics Release Inventory

All amounts are in pounds

Chemical	Air	Water	Land	Off-Site Disposal	Total
Hydrochloric Acid (aerosol)	160000	0	0	0	160000
Hydrogen Fluoride	26000	0	0	0	26000
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol)	1300000	0	0	0	1300000
Ammonia	20034	4400	0	0	24434
Antimony Compounds
Arsenic Compounds	301	660	45000	1	45962
Barium Compounds	435	6600	240000	66	247101
Beryllium Compounds
Cadmium Compounds
Chromium Compounds	374	400	69000	3	69777
Cobalt Compounds
Copper Compounds	241	6500	55000	0	61741
Lead Compounds	391	6	58000	4	58402
Manganese Compounds	590	5900	170000	0	176490
Mercury Compounds	51	0	290	0	342
Nickel Compounds	423	1100	79000	0	80523
Selenium Compounds
Silver Compounds
Thallium Compounds	12	6	24000	0	24018
Vanadium Compounds	463	1800	150000	0	152263
Zinc Compounds	1603	2600	220000	0	224203
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0	0	0	0	0
Naphthalene	34	0	0	0	34
Nitrate Compounds	0	86000	0	0	86000
Dioxin (grams)	1	0	0	0	1
Dioxin (lbs)	0	0	0	0	0
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	17	0	10	0	26
Hydrazine					0
Total	1510969	115973	1110300	74	2737316