U.S. TVA SHAWNEE FOSSIL PLANT
West Paducah, KY
Quick Facts
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2023–2023). Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 1.5M lbs | \u2014 |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 130.0K lbs | \u2014 |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 61.3K lbs | \u2014 |
| Copper And Copper Compounds | 55.2K lbs | \u2014 |
| Vanadium compounds | 52.2K lbs | \u2014 |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 49.0K lbs | \u2014 |
| Zinc compounds | 35.9K lbs | \u2014 |
| Ammonia | 28.6K lbs | \u2014 |
| Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 19.2K lbs | \u2014 |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 15.1K lbs | \u2014 |
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 2.3K lbs | \u2014 |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 313 lbs | \u2014 |
| Naphthalene | 17 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 7 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 1 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lbs | \u2014 |
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About TRI Data
Data comes from the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) program. Facilities that manufacture, process, or otherwise use listed toxic chemicals above threshold amounts are required to report annually to the EPA.
Release quantities are self-reported by the facility and may represent estimates rather than exact measurements. "Total releases" includes releases to air, water, land, and off-site transfers for disposal. Quantities shown here are aggregated across all available reporting years.
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