John Sevier Fossil Plant

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

The plant is equipped with electrostatic precipitators that capture ash from the burning coal.
The use of low-sulfur coal from Virginia reduces emissions of sulfur dioxide.
Low-NOX burners limit the production of nitrogen oxides that contribute to the formation of ozone and acid rain.
In support of recent environmental agreements and its vision of being one of the nation’s leading providers of low-cost and cleaner energy by 2020, TVA will retire two units at John Sevier and remove from service the remaining two units by Dec. 31, 2012. The units removed from service will be controlled, converted or retired by the end of 2015.

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Toxics Release Inventory

All amounts are in pounds

Chemical	Air	Water	Land	Off-Site Disposal	Total
Hydrochloric Acid (aerosol)	410,000	0	0	0	410,000
Hydrogen Fluoride	210,000	0	0	0	210,000
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol)	4	0	0	0	4
Ammonia	8,399	1,100	0	0	9,499
Antimony Compounds					0
Arsenic Compounds	116	293	25,000	0	25,409
Barium Compounds	271	280	232,000	9	232,560
Beryllium Compounds					0
Cadmium Compounds					0
Chromium Compounds	201	110	42,600	0	42,911
Cobalt Compounds					0
Copper Compounds	173	1,900	54,500	0	56,573
Lead Compounds	125	24	23,074	2	23,226
Manganese Compounds	244	75	57,000	0	57,319
Mercury Compounds	250	0	56	0	306
Nickel Compounds	210	12	36,600	0	36,822
Selenium Compounds					0
Silver Compounds					0
Thallium Compounds					0
Vanadium Compounds	192	620	82,300	0	83,112
Zinc Compounds	615	780	54,960	0	56,355
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0	0	1	0	1
Naphthalene					0
Nitrate Compounds					0
Dioxin (grams)	1	0	0	0	1
Dioxin (lbs)	0	0	0	0	0
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	13	0	125	0	137
Hydrazine					0
Total	630,813	5,194	608,215	11	1,244,234

Gross MWh Generated:	4,127,115
Pounds Released per MWh:	0.301

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