Pa. power
company never inspected plant equipment that failed, data show
Oct 31, 2005 - Record, Northern New Jersey
Author(s): The Associated Press
PPL Corp. officials never inspected the part of a power plant's
discharge area that failed in August, causing a major environmental
problem on the Delaware River across from Warren County, according to
Pennsylvania records.
The Pennsylvania plant's 1,500-foot-long basin was to let the fly ash
- a byproduct of burning coal - settle to the bottom while clear water
from the top flowed out a discharge pipe. But a leaking barrier allowed
the ash to mix with the discharge water, officials said. About 100
million gallons of coal ash slurry spilled into the river.
The discharge structure had concrete walls on three sides and wooden
stop logs on the fourth. The stop logs, which look like railroad ties,
were the part that failed.
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