EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant
Spring City, TN
- Total releases
- 1.9K lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 2
- Carcinogens
- 2
- Primary pathway
- Land Disposal
LAND Form-R mix
US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant: how the 1.9K lbs splits
1.9K lbs across all reported pathways
- Land Disposal 1.8K lbs 94.2%
- Off-site Transfers 104 lbs 5.5%
- Air Releases 5 lbs 0.2%
US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant's 1.9K lbs Form-R total is LAND - land disposal is 94.2% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 5.5%. Leading chemical by pounds: Lead.
LIGHT volume LAND pathway CARC-HEAVY
US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Spring City, TN, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 463 lbs of releases across 2 chemicals in 2023, and 1.9K lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 12,909 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Tennessee's 595 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is pounds #395 and chemical-count #400 at 1.9K lbs. Nyrstar Clarksville Inc leads reported pounds (72.9M lbs) at 13 chemicals (chemical-count #31). Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn leads chemical count at 75 chemicals (6.3M lbs, pounds #13). Reported volume rose against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: Storm Power Components; General Shale Brick Inc Plant 42; Huber Engineered Woods LLC Spring City Facility; Cymer LLC. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Tennessee: Aurora Energy LLC; Pedricktown Cogeneration Co LP; Lakewood Cogeneration; Ips Vandolah Power. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Lead; Hydrazine.
US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant stamps LIGHT volume with a dominant LAND pathway (94.2% land disposal) across 2 chemicals · 2 carcinogen-classified. Cumulative Form-R extract: 1.9K lbs (2019–2023). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Aurora Energy LLC and Pedricktown Cogeneration Co LP.
US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.9K lbs Top 50% higher than 50% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant: Lead-led volume
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant reports the 407th-largest volume (1.9K lbs). Its reported volume is concentrated rather than spread: Lead alone is 100% of the total. Carcinogen-classified chemicals make up 100% of the reported pounds, not just of the chemical count. Scale peers outside Tennessee include Aurora Energy LLC and Pedricktown Cogeneration Co LP.
Concentrated means ≥60% of US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant's pounds in one chemical - here Lead at 100%. Not a toxicity score.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant's total reported releases rose from 294 lb in 2022 to 463 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant's land releases rose from 280 lb in 2022 to 440 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Form-R facts
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How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.9K lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases increased by 18% (391 lbs to 463 lbs).
US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant: annual Form-R pounds
LIGHT site · LAND pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019 0
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant year-over-year reported totals (increased by 18% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Lead.
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 391 lbs | 2 |
| 2020 | 466 lbs | 2 |
| 2021 | 275 lbs | 2 |
| 2022 | 294 lbs | 2 |
| 2023 | 463 lbs | 2 |
US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant · LAND-pathway site
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Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant on cumulative reported pounds (1.9K lbs) and distinct chemical count (2). Release-pound peers include Dynamic Manufacturing Inc, Wildcat Midstream Loadout Facility, Tower Automotive. Chemical-count peers include Idi Caribe Inc, Suiza Dairy Corp, Edwards Lifesciences Technology Sarl. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Dynamic Manufacturing Inc Hillside, IL · Transportation Equipment 1.9K lbs reported
- Wildcat Midstream Loadout Facility Helper, UT · Petroleum Bulk Terminals 1.9K lbs reported
- Tower Automotive Meridian, MS · Transportation Equipment 1.9K lbs reported
- Sepro Research & Technology Campus Whitakers, NC · Chemicals 1.9K lbs reported
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About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Lead, Hydrazine; nearby reporters include Storm Power Components. US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CARC-HEAVY carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
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This US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant TRI extract (LIGHT · LAND · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Spring City, TN, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221113 · Electric Utilities. 0.4% of Rhea TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Dynamic Manufacturing Inc (Δ 1 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
US Tva Watts Bar Nuclear Plant stamps LIGHT volume · LAND pathway · CARC-HEAVY · lead Lead. PlainEnviro renders this EPA Form-R extract from its pipeline; no figure is typed in by an editor. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov