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Report Blames TVA for Spill
KnoxvilleBiz.com
July 29, 2009
In his report on the Kingston Fossil Plant fly-ash spill issued Tuesday, TVA Inspector General Richard W. Moore found: TVA failed to make recommended safety modifications TVA failed to review management practices TVA’s analysis overemphasized “slime” layer as a root cause TVA did not view ash management as a risk TVA’s culture affected the way it managed ash Roane County seven months after the TVA coal ash spill.
The Tennessee Valley Authority ignored warnings for more than two decades about the safety of the fly ash pond at its Kingston Fossil Plant and could have prevented its catastrophic collapse by addressing them, the TVA inspector general wrote in a scathing report issued Tuesday.
"Since the disaster, TVA has had every opportunity to step up and accept accountability for its failures," Lieff Cabraser Partner, Elizabeth Alexander said. "Instead, the report makes clear that TVA continued to try to avoid the consequences of its actions."