Bruce Mansfield Power Station

{{#badges: Climate change |CoalSwarm}} Bruce Mansfield Power Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by FirstEnergy near Shippingport, Pennsylvania.

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Plant Data

• Owner/Parent Company: FirstEnergy
• Plant Nameplate Capacity: 2,741 MW
• Units and In-Service Dates: 914 MW (1976), 914 MW (1977), 914 MW (1980)
• Location: 165 SR 3016, Shippingport, PA 15077
• GPS Coordinates: 40.638056, -80.416111
• Coal Consumption: 6.1 million tons
• Coal Source: Consol Energy's McElroy mine - Moundsville, WV
• Number of Employees:

Emissions Data

• 2006 CO₂ Emissions: 17,400,000 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions: 24,882 tons
• 2006 SO₂ Emissions per MWh:
• 2006 NO_x Emissions: 29,869 tons
• 2005 Mercury Emissions: 185 pounds

Toxic Waste Data

• Arsenic Waste: 119,711 pounds
  • Air Release: 2,211 pounds
  • Land Release (surface impoundment): 117,500 pounds
• Chromium Waste: 186,050 pounds
  • Air Release: 2,400 pounds
  • Water Release (Ohio River): 250 pounds
  • Land Release (landfill): 183,400 pounds
• Dioxin Waste: 3.66 grams
  • Air Release: 3.66 grams
• Lead Waste: 106,234 pounds
  • Air Release: 2,010 pounds
  • Water Release (Ohio River): 224 pounds
  • Land Release (landfill): 104,000 pounds
• Mercury Waste: 1,425 pounds
  • Air Release: 185 pounds
  • Land Release (landfill): 1,240 pounds
• Nickel Waste: 149,555 pounds
  • Air Release: 2,305 pounds
  • Water Release (Ohio River): 250 pounds
  • Land Release (landfill): 147,000 pounds
• Selenium Waste: 43,876 pounds
  • Air Release: 5,006 pounds
  • Water Release (Ohio River): 250 pounds
  • Land Release (landfill): 38,620 pounds

Articles and Resources

Sources

• Existing Electric Generating Units in the United States, 2005, Energy Information Administration, accessed Jan. 2009.
• Environmental Integrity Project, "Dirty Kilowatts: America’s Most Polluting Power Plants", July 2007.
• Facility Registry System, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accessed Jan. 2009.

Related SourceWatch Articles

• Existing U.S. Coal Plants
• Pennsylvania and coal
• FirstEnergy
• United States and coal
• Global warming

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