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Tennessee Valley Authority 2012 - Bull Run Fossil Plant
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Site: Watts Bar Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 01/01/2012
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TVA: Bull Run Fossil Plant Supplier Portal TVAKids Employees & Retirees Distributor Portal TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY SEARCH GO Bull Run Fossil Plant TVA Region Map Construction Projects Bull Run Plant Boundary Expansion Toxics Release Inventory TVA is required to report annually to the Environmental Protection Agency on the amounts of chemicals released by its fossil-fuel plants. Check here for the latest data on Bull Run.

Emissions Data TVA monitors other emissions at its fossil plants, including SO2 , NO X ,

CO 2 , and mercury. Check here for the latest data on Bull Run.

Bull Run:

Facts & Figures Bull Run Fossil Plant is located on Bull Run Creek near Oak Ridge, Tenn. It is the only single-generator coal-fired power plant in the TVA system. When the generator went into operation in 1967, Construction on Bull Run Fossil Plant it was the largest in the world in the volume of steam produced. began in 1962 and was completed in 1967.

Balancing efficient power production with environmental protection Bull Run has one coal-fired generating Electricity is generated at Bull Run by the unit with a summer net capability of process of heating water in a boiler to 870 megawatts. Net capability is a measure of how much power a plant produce steam. Under extremely high can generate for a specified time pressure, the steam flows into a turbine period, minus the power used by the that spins a generator to make electricity. Click for enlarged view plant itself.

Bull Run generates more than six billion Bull Runs boiler, one of the largest in kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, enough to supply about 430,000 the United States, contains about 300 miles of tubes.

homes. It has been ranked the most-efficient coal-fired plant in the nation 13 times and is consistently in the top five each year. In 2005, the plant The plant consumes about 7,300 tons achieved its best summer reliability ever, and in November of that year it of coal a day.

set a plant record for continuous operation when it ran nonstop for 189 days with no unscheduled outages for maintenance or repairs.

Through 2011, TVA has spent about $5.4 billion on emission controls at its fossil-fuel plants to help TVA produce power as cleanly as possible, consistent with efficiency.

View more information about emissions at Bull Run and the steps TVA is taking to control them.

Tennessee Valley Authority LEGAL NOTICES INSPECTOR GENERAL SUPPLIER CONNECTION FACEBOOK 400 West Summit Hill Drive PRIVACY POLICY TVA POLICE ONLINE CONNECTION TWITTER Knoxville, TN 37902 LINKING POLICY EMPLOYMENT TVAKIDS YOUTUBE (865) 632-2101 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION COMMUNITY RELATIONS INVESTOR RELATIONS FLICKR tvainfo@tva.gov NO FEAR ACT DATA LINKEDIN General Contact Information INFORMATION QUALITY http://www.tva.gov/sites/bullrun.htm[3/21/2012 12:27:17 PM]