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  1. Feds Investigate Shooting at Tenn . Nuclear Plant

    Mon, 22 Apr 2013

    An East Tennessee nuclear power plant early Sunday at Tennessee Valley Authority 's Watts Bar nuclear near Spring City, Tenn ., about 60 miles of Knoxville. TVA spokesman Jim Hopson the bank of the Tennessee River, which is

  2. Death Tornado Destroys Supplies of Gas, Water, Electricity

    Fri, 29 Apr 2011

    300 people in Alabama , Mississippi, Tennessee , and three are without electricity . Thousands the AAA of Alabama , agrees badly damaged Tennessee Valley Authority power lines according to TVA . As of Friday

  3. Global Warming Comes to the Supreme Court

    Tue, 19 Apr 2011

    district court judge," Chief Justice John Roberts said. The Obama administration argued on behalf of the Tennessee Valley Authority , a federally owned corporation, on the side of the power companies. Acting Solicitor General Neal Katyal

  4. Reports Show 56 Safety Violations at U.S. Nuclear Power Plants in 4 Years

    Wed, 30 Mar 2011

    returned. On April 19, 2010, the NRC cited the Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry nuclear plant near Decatur for failing issues after a two-week inspection in October. A TVA spokesman told the newspaper that the plant is safer

  5. Records Show 56 Safety Violations at U.S. Nuclear Power Plants in Past 4 Years

    Tue, 29 Mar 2011

    percent of the country's electricity at world-class safety levels 2010, the NRC cited the Tennessee Valley Authority Browns Ferry nuclear plant produce 20 percent of all electricity at world class safety levels

  6. Caustic Sludge Burns Through Hungarian Towns En Route to the Danube

    Fri, 8 Oct 2010

    earthen retaining wall broke at the Tennessee Valley Authority 's coal-fired Kingston Fossil Plant near Harriman, Tenn ., releasing more than 1 billion tons scheduled for Oct. 27 in Knoxville, Tenn . But coal isn't the only mining

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  1. Census Aims to Move Into the Future

    Wed, 7 Jul 2010

    sampling, the Census should be done electronically, said Frederick Rone, 24, an electrical engineer for the Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville. "Most people have an e-mail or cellphone text or something," Rone said. "I don't

  2. EPA names locations of hazardous coal-ash piles

    Mon, 29 Jun 2009

    4 million-cubic-yard ash pile at a Tennessee Valley Authority plant near Knoxville, Tenn ., collapsed, covering several hundred properties, and polluting a tributary of the Tennessee River. The cleanup cost is estimated at

  3. First 100 Days Presidential Flashback

    Wed, 29 Apr 2009

    The 73rd Congress enacted 15 major pieces of legislation including the Glass-Steagall Banking Act, the Tennessee Valley Authority Act and the National Industry Recovery Act. The President initiated his "fireside chats" and held numerous

  4. Tenn . Coal-Ash Spill Fallout: Boxer's Hopes for a New Administration

    Fri, 9 Jan 2009

    spill in eastern Tennessee was one of the worst environment. Even so, the Tennessee Valley Authority 's Kingston Fossil Thursday to question Tennessee Valley Authority president and CEO Kilgore promised the TVA he would remain in

  5. Tennessee Community Grapples With Possible Toxic Sludge

    Fri, 26 Dec 2008

    poured out of a Tennessee coal burning plant of Harriman, Tenn . "I have two is burned for electricity . An enormous Amanda Ray of the Tennessee Valley Authority . "The environment Paul Sloan of the Tennessee Department of been a source of electricity and jobs. Now

  6. Electricity bills fall as cheaper natural gas lowers rates

    Wed, 5 Nov 2008

    ailing economy: Electricity prices are falling plants to generate electricity . "In those regions the same amount of electricity usage, mostly because dip slightly. • Tennessee Valley Authority President Tom Kilgore

  7. Lawmakers See Cyber Threats to Electrical Grid

    Wed, 21 May 2008

    vulnerabilities at the Tennessee Valley Authority ( TVA ), the nation's largest recommendations to the TVA , which supplies power U.S. residents in Tennessee and parts of six other report said. On the TVA 's control systems

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  1. The Nukes Next Door

    Wed, 30 Mar 2011

    since 1988. On April 19 2002 and the NRC cited the Tennessee Valley Authority . For failing to provide fire protection features the browns ferry nuclear plant near Chattanooga Tennessee . I don't think that any new licenses. Should

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    observed since 1988. On April 19 2002 and the NRC cited the Tennessee Valley Authority . For failing to provide fire protection features capable of limiting -- damage at the browns ferry nuclear plant near Chattanooga Tennessee . I don't think that any new licenses. Should be granted. Until. All of the lessons of -- A built into. The new
  2. Coal's Future in U.S. Energy Questioned

    Sat, 27 Dec 2008

    gigantic spilled coal in Tennessee this week is intensifying who to believe stone is in Tennessee again tonight. The estimates pools. Losing out over at Tennessee neighborhood it has swallowed I'm concerned for years A Tennessee Valley Authority has been working around

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    A gigantic spilled coal -- in Tennessee this week is intensifying debate. Over the role of coal in America's energy future environmentalists insisted today that the danger for more than a billion gallons of leaked ash sludge. Is greater than the officials are acknowledging. And residents there don't know who to believe -- stone is in Tennessee again tonight. The estimates keep growing. Officials now say there's enough thick black sludge to fill more than 16100. Olympic size swimming pools. Losing out over at Tennessee neighborhood it has swallowed up the late in the virgin family's backyard. I'm concerned for years -- A Tennessee Valley Authority has been working around the clock to clean this up. And says drinking water and the environment are safe. So -- state
  3. Gaza Attack; Weather Warnings; Coal Spill

    Sat, 27 Dec 2008

    Michigan and Missouri and Tennessee meanwhile environmental 300 acres of Harriman Tennessee on Monday. The Tennessee Valley Authority says they are making progress gradually working to restore electricity to the island of Oahu

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    posted for parts of Illinois Iowa Wisconsin Indiana. Michigan and Missouri and Tennessee meanwhile environmental officials say the water tested after the coal sludge leak there -- public safety standards. In the bottom half million cubic yards of potentially toxic sludge burst through a power plant dike. -- spread across 300 acres of Harriman Tennessee on Monday. The Tennessee Valley Authority says they are making progress now cleaning up the spill. Crews are gradually working to restore electricity to the island of Oahu after a power failure. Blacked out the entire island Friday night president elect Barack Obama this that
  4. May 25, 1976: Politics

    Fri, 25 May 2007

    in the south Arkansas Tennessee and Kentucky and there a win in the south as Tennessee . We have more on the Tennessee race from ABC's bill criticized the publicly owned Tennessee Valley Authority . Clinton supporters But

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    but the president's best chance for a win in the south as Tennessee . We have more on the Tennessee race from ABC's bill work. A large crowds gave the president an enthusiastic welcome when he came here. -- only business and it was eleven days ago and since then and will be out of -- board has diminished. -- promise to come back for a major fundraising event. Originally the campaign in Michigan kept him away from Tennessee . And when he did not come back -- -- party officials and local supporters became dispirited. Reagan was here last week in -- with conservatives in the southern state demoted to capitalize on -- tactical -- But instead he gave away his advantage with a careless comment he criticized the publicly owned Tennessee Valley Authority . Clinton supporters -- -- But he VA provides a relatively low cost power -- and employment for thousands of tennesseans. And similar
  5. Facebook Connect

    Fri, 5 Dec 2008

    when they're away from home. Connect the device to your TVA you can watch from anywhere on yourself on a laptop now developing technology. That turned sound vibrations into electricity eliminating the need for batteries or chargers. But they

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    favorite shows when they're away from home. Connect the device to your TVA you can watch from anywhere on yourself on a laptop now there's a version that grabs video and pictures off your computer
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