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Spill substance went as far as 10 miles, according to TVA

Rain-swollen waters in early May forced fly ash from the spill at the Kingston Fossil Plant as far as 10 miles downstream into the Tennessee River portion of Watts Bar Lake, the Tennessee Valley Authority announced Friday.

"Exactly how much ash moved is difficult to determine since we do not have good information on how much river sediment (not ash) was washed in from areas further upstream on both the Clinch and Emory Rivers," TVA reported on its Web site.

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Can anyone confirm the following information?

TDEC and/or TVA have recently discovered deformed juvenile bluegills in a TVA ash pond with selenium levels in the fish ranging from 15-30 ppm (dry weight, whole body). The deformities were of the spine, head/mouth, fins and easily visible without a microscope with approximately 20% of collected juvenile fish exhibiting deformities.

TVA's toxicity tests fall short
UTILITY'S METHODS OF ANALYZING ASH ARE TOO BROAD, CRITICS SAY
By Anne Paine • THE TENNESSEAN • January 19, 2009

The method TVA and others are using to test and analyze the toxicity of the coal ash splayed through a neighborhood, fields and streams beside TVA's Kingston power plant can't adequately determine the potential risk, experts say.

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