Tue
Dec 22 2009
11:20 am
TVA Kingston ash spill disaster one year anniversary
By: R. Neal


Photo credit: United Mountain Defense

Morning of Dec. 22, 2008:

• TVA Containment Pond Fails, Swan Pond Evacuated
• TVA ash storage pond breach covers 400 acres in Roane County
• TVA says ash contains no hazardous materials. TVA is lying.

In the aftermath:

• Field report Dec 24th 2008
• Irresponsible local news reporting on TVA sludge pond disaster?
• TVA says Clinch River fish kill not related to ash spill
• Dig deep enough in the sludge and eventually you will find some truth
• TVA: 2008 inspection report warnings of a potential "blowout" are misleading
• Fly ash storage dumps: A national problem
• Roane County Commission meeting with TVA
• WATE special report and panel discussion
• TVA exempts self from Homeland Security/FEMA regs during spill disaster
• TVA says fugitive fly ash clouds (captured on video) "must have been fog"
• Tennessee Coal Ash Survivors Network
• TVA knew of problems with fly ash retaining system for more than 20 years
• Video of Roane Co. law enforcement harassing UMD worker
• Harassment of United Mountain Defense volunteers escalates
• Media coverage of UMD volunteer arrest
• UMD volunteer's day in court: Banned from Roane Co. disaster site
• TVA files motion for immunity re. coal ash disaster
• One-sided TVA buyout offers unfair to residents
• EPA Takes Over
• Independent testing reveals high levels of toxic chemicals in coal ash and fish
• TVA's Kingston coal ash disaster failure analysis
• Inspection notes missing in TVA fly ash oversight
• Liberadio(1) interviews Steve Scarborough of RoaneViews.com
• TVA IG: Safety concerns ignored, disaster was preventable, culture of coverup
• Rep. Jimmy Duncan: environmental groups are "extremists and kooks."
• TVA chairman's ties to the coal industry
• Head of EPA meets with Roane County Citizen's Action Group
• TVA ash spill released more toxic pollution than the entire power industry
• Long Term Recovery Committee meeting
• Roane Co. disaster victims get organized
• Different theory on the Kingston ash spill

Anniversary retrospectives:

• The TVA Ash Spill One Year Later: Lessons Learned
• Workers busy with cleanup as one year anniversary of spill nears
• Year after TVA ash spill, neighbors feel trapped, fed up
• Swan Pond lost: The effects of the TVA coal ash spill
• Economic impact of ash spill: Roane County real estate, tourism suffer
• Swan Pond residents just want to move on
• The coal ash spill catastrophe in Kingston - One year later
• Legal impact of ash spill: Lawsuits likely to flood court for years to come
• Scenes From TVA's Kingston Ash-Spill Disaster - One Year Later
• Defining the Legacy of TVA's Kingston Ash-Spill Disaster
• TVA: Outside the law
• Broken promises follow Tennessee coal ash disaster

Resources:

• Roane County Community Advisory Group
• EPA Kingston Fly Ash Release website
• TVA Kingston Recovery website

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Coury Turczyn's picture

a few more links

Submitted by Coury Turczyn on Tue, 2009/12/22 - 3:13pm.

Several fine stories by Charles Maldonado that covered the spill in the first few months are amiss, so as is my habit, I will add them here:

Clearing Up TVA's Mess

Redefining "Hazardous"

Life Among the Ashes

TVA Holds First Post-Disaster Meeting

Plus, Charles' blog, The Slug often focused on the spill.

R. Neal's picture

Thanks, Coury!

Submitted by R. Neal on Tue, 2009/12/22 - 4:46pm.

Thanks, Coury!

Flatiron's picture

Clean up pics

Submitted by Flatiron on Tue, 2009/12/22 - 5:11pm.

I grew up on Lakeshore Drive and my folks still live there now, for another month or two at least (all the other neighbors are gone, it's just them, one other older couple and a few TVA workers on the street). I always thought if our family ever left Swan Pond it would be on our own accord, and not because of something catastrophic (and preventable) like this. Anyway, here are some pictures of the spill and the cleanup I've taken over the last year.

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bizgrrl's picture

Tragic pictures. It reminds

Submitted by bizgrrl on Wed, 2009/12/23 - 6:56am.

Tragic pictures. It reminds me of New Orleans after Katrina on a much smaller scale. Just think how those people were treated while the world was watching. I wouldn't want to be someone trying to dig out after this TVA event.

randyellis's picture

Here are a few more

Submitted by randyellis on Tue, 2009/12/22 - 8:02pm.

Here are a few more links

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Randy Ellis
randyellis@gmail.com
865-335-7981

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