COLBERT COUNTY-The Tennessee Valley Authority said Wednesday it plans to fully decommission and remove power generation facilities at the retired Colbert Fossil Plant near Tuscumbia, Ala., making it available for commercial or industrial use.
TVA examined four possible alternatives for the site, including retaining some of the plant for other uses. But TVA’s preferred alternative is to return the site to a “brownfield” state through demolition to three feet below final grade. The five chimney stacks would be removed using explosives, manual deconstruction, or a combination of both.
Demolition work is scheduled to begin in late 2017.
TVA made a similar decision to demolish the Widows Creek fossil plant near Stevenson, Ala., in June after shutting down that facility last year.
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