Bull Run Fossil Plant

TVA has taken a number of steps to make the efficient generation of power at Bull Run as clean as possible:

The use of low-sulfur coal from eastern Kentucky reduces emissions of sulfur dioxide.
A scrubber that began operating in December 2008 is further reducing sulfur dioxide emissions by 95 percent.
The plant is equipped with electrostatic precipitators that capture ash from the burning coal.
Boiler optimization controls, which burn the coal more thoroughly and efficiently, limit the production of nitrogen oxides.
A selective catalytic reduction system further reduces nitrogen oxide emissions by about 90 percent.

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Toxics Release Inventory

All amounts are in pounds

Chemical	Air	Water	Land	Off-Site Disposal	Total
Hydrochloric Acid (aerosol)	44,000	0	0	0	44,000
Hydrogen Fluoride	9,200	0	0	0	9,200
Sulfuric Acid (aerosol)	69,000	0	0	0	69,000
Ammonia	14,080	620	0	0	14,700
Antimony Compounds
Arsenic Compounds
Barium Compounds	118	0	209,000	11,004	220,122
Beryllium Compounds
Cadmium Compounds
Chromium Compounds	73	31	23,100	1,300	24,504
Cobalt Compounds
Copper Compounds	66	2,600	28,800	1,600	33,066
Lead Compounds	34	0	12,310	711	13,055
Manganese Compounds	118	30	37,700	1,700	39,548
Mercury Compounds	32	0	140	4	176
Nickel Compounds	82	480	19,400	1,000	20,962
Selenium Compounds
Silver Compounds
Thallium Compounds
Vanadium Compounds	57	550	44,700	2,400	47,707
Zinc Compounds	240	410	30,900	1,700	33,250
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene	0	0	0	0	0
Naphthalene	16	0	0	0	16
Nitrate Compounds	0	63,000	0	0	63,000
Dioxin (grams)	1	0	0	0	1
Dioxin (lbs)	0	0	0	0	0
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds	8	0	3	0	11
Hydrazine					0
Total	137,124	67,721	406,053	21,419	632,317