The prison's immediate surroundings, according to the investigation's 2014 report, No Escape: Exposure to Toxic Coal Waste at State Correctional Institution Fayette, include about 40 million tons of waste, two
coal slurry ponds and millions of cubic yards of coal combustion waste.
Not exact matches
Some of these storage
ponds have actually broken through their earthen dams, most recently demonstrated by the disastrous 2008 spill at the Tenessee Valley Authority's Kingston facility, which sent over a billion gallons of
coal slurry into the community and river system below.
Coal slurry is a by - product of washing the coal to improve its efficiency in power generation, but is both toxic and potentially lethal if containment ponds f
Coal slurry is a by - product of washing the
coal to improve its efficiency in power generation, but is both toxic and potentially lethal if containment ponds f
coal to improve its efficiency in power generation, but is both toxic and potentially lethal if containment
ponds fail.