ML12335A345

Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 - Print Screen of TVA Chickamauga Reservoir

ML12335A345
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Site:	Watts Bar
Issue date:	03/27/2012
From:	Duncan J Tennessee Valley Authority
To:	Plant Licensing Branch II
Poole, Justin
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TVA: Chickamauga Reservoir http://www.tva.gov/sites/chickamauga.htm

[3/27/2012 5:16:49 PM]TVA Region Map Chickamauga ReservoirChickamauga Reservoir is on the Tennessee River just north of Chattanooga. The reservoirstretches 59 miles upriver from the dam to Watts Bar Dam.Chickamauga Reservoir is named for a tribe of Native Americans thatbroke away from the Cherokee Nation in the 1700s. They lived in villages along North Chickamauga Creek, which joins the river just belowChickamauga Dam. The reservoir is popular for fishing, boating, andswimming. There are boat ramps on the reservoir and canoe access onNorth Chickamauga Creek.The Big Ridge Small Wild Area is a 200-acre upland hardwood forestsituated on a high ridge above the north shore of the reservoir at the dam. An easy 1.3-mile loop trail leads through the forest. Spring wildflowers include bloodroot, toothwort, larkspur, trillium, and mayapple.Before TVA created Chickamauga and other reservoirs above Chattanooga,the city had one of the most serious flooding problems in the nation. Nowthe river that often threatened the city contributes to its economy as amajor artery for barge traffic.More information on Chickamauga ReservoirOperating guideDaily reservoir operation informationSportfish survey resultsSportfish ratingsEcological health ratingsTailwater improvementsRecreation facilities Chickamauga:Facts & FiguresConstruction of Chickamauga Dambegan in 1936 and was completed in 1940.The dam is 129 feet high andstretches 5,800 feet across the Tennessee River.Chickamauga Reservoir has 784 milesof shoreline and about 36,240 acres of water surface. It has a flood-storage capacity of 345,300 acre-feet.In order to maintain the water depthrequired for navigation, the minimum winter elevation for Chickamauga Reservoir is 675 feet. The typical summer operating range is between681.5 and 682.5 feet.Chickamauga and other reservoirs onthe Tennessee and its tributaries have prevented nearly $5 billion in flooddamage in the city of Chattanooga alone.The 60- by 360-foot lock atChickamauga lifts and lowers rivercraft about 50 feet between Nickajackand Chickamauga reservoirs.Chickamauga Dam is a hydroelectricfacility. It has four generating unitswith a net dependable capacity of 119megawatts. Net dependable capacity is the amount of power a hydroelectric dam can produce on an average day,minus the electricity used by the dam itself. Tennessee Valley Authority400 West Summit Hill DriveKnoxville, TN 37902(865) 632-2101

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