Kingston Ash Release

Response To 60 Minutes Story

Sunday, October 4, 60 Minutes broadcast a story on the handling and disposal of coal ash.  The story included segments on the December 22, 2008, ash spill at TVA’s Kingston Fossil Plant.

TVA is making steady and significant progress cleaning up the Kingston ash spill. We are working with community leaders and residents.  Extensive state and federal environmental monitoring has found air and drinking water in the area meet government standards. As a precautionary measure we are providing independent health screening to local residents.  We are complying with regulations to make sure our ash-handling operations are safe, and we are restoring the affected area. We provided extensive information on all these efforts to 60 Minutes. It is unfortunate that 60 Minutes chose to leave these important facts out of the story.

To see footage from immediately after the accident and how the area looks today, please visit our video page.

Page Updated October 4, 2009 8:51 PM