TVA has taken a number of steps to make the efficient generation of power at Cumberland as clean as possible:
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All amounts are in pounds
Chemical | Air | Water | Land | Off-Site Disposal | Total |
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Hydrochloric Acid (aerosol) | 250,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250,000 |
Hydrogen Fluoride | 33,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33,000 |
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol) | 2,900,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,900,000 |
Ammonia | 28,140 | 2,300 | 0 | 0 | 30,440 |
Antimony Compounds | |||||
Arsenic Compounds | 247 | 170 | 40,700 | 0 | 41,117 |
Barium Compounds | 401 | 0 | 340,000 | 9 | 340,410 |
Beryllium Compounds | 18 | 0 | 8,632 | 0 | 8,650 |
Cadmium Compounds | |||||
Chromium Compounds | 374 | 97 | 78,100 | 0 | 78,571 |
Cobalt Compounds | 74 | 0 | 18,610 | 0 | 18,684 |
Copper Compounds | 307 | 6,600 | 59,500 | 0 | 66,407 |
Lead Compounds | 280 | 0 | 52,140 | 0 | 52,420 |
Manganese Compounds | 479 | 76 | 170,000 | 0 | 170,555 |
Mercury Compounds | 85 | 120 | 258 | 0 | 463 |
Nickel Compounds | 442 | 1,500 | 85,730 | 0 | 87,672 |
Selenium Compounds | 4,001 | 6,000 | 5,480 | 0 | 15,481 |
Silver Compounds | |||||
Thallium Compounds | 37 | 0 | 25,260 | 0 | 25,297 |
Vanadium Compounds | 396 | 11,000 | 167,100 | 0 | 178,496 |
Zinc Compounds | 3,932 | 6,000 | 206,700 | 0 | 216,632 |
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene | 0.4 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.7 |
Naphthalene | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
Nitrate Compounds | 0 | 260,000 | 0 | 0 | 260,000 |
Dioxin (grams) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds | 10 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
Hydrazine | |||||
Total | 3,222,268 | 293,863 | 1,258,224 | 9 | 4,774,364 |
Gross MWh Generated: | 15,479,360 | ||||
Pounds Released per MWh: | 0.308 |