- Bull Run Fossil Plant
Bull Run Fossil Plant, commonly known as Bull Run Steam Plant, is a
coal -fired electric generating station owned and operated by theTennessee Valley Authority . It is located at coord|36|01|16|N|84|09|22|W|display=inline,title in the Claxton community ofAnderson County, Tennessee , on Bull Run Creek, directly across theClinch River (Melton Hill Lake) fromOak Ridge, Tennessee .Construction began in
1962 and was completed in1967 , when the plant began operation. [cite web
title = Bull Run fossil plant
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url = http://www.tva.com/sites/bullrun.htm
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accessdate = ]The plant has a single generating unit. The plant's winter net generating capacity is about 889
MWe . [cite web
title = Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2006
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publisher =Energy Information Administration , U.S. Department of Energy
year = 2006
url = http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/page/capacity/capacity.html
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accessdate = 2008-07-14] When the generator first went into operation, it was the largest in the world (measured in terms of the volume of steam produced).References
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