Facility detail

U.S. TVA SHAWNEE FOSSIL PLANT

7900 METROPOLIS LAKE RD, WEST PADUCAH, KY, 42086

Parent company: NA

Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

Top chemical totals

The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.

Full release table

Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.

All values in pounds (lbs)
Year Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) Hydrogen fluoride Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) Barium And Barium Compounds Manganese compounds Total (lbs)
2024 — 150,000 41,000 1,804,970 — 2,348,301
2023 — 130,000 49,000 1,504,290 — 1,953,464
2022 — 150,000 53,000 1,703,550 — 2,226,436
2021 1,894,090 150,000 55,000 — 74,260 2,443,092
2020 1,293,650 99,000 35,000 — 51,099 1,631,903
2019 2,055,050 160,000 47,000 — 83,369 2,635,907
2018 2,065,450 160,000 39,000 — 85,409 2,649,458
2017 2,161,650 30,000 32,000 — 83,279 2,571,510
2016 2,182,450 31,000 22,000 — 87,389 2,599,221
2015 2,053,150 200,000 87,000 — 79,449 2,674,291
2014 2,051,450 250,000 200,000 — 83,270 2,807,629
2013 2,041,950 300,000 270,000 — 81,340 2,907,235
2012 1,945,850 330,000 320,000 — 81,560 2,889,190
2011 2,182,260 370,000 350,000 — 90,400 3,226,629
2010 2,184,120 400,000 390,000 — 94,895 3,329,595
2009 1,875,110 370,000 360,000 — 90,906 2,948,193
2008 2,214,750 490,000 490,000 — 123,005 3,667,127
2007 2,314,550 480,000 470,000 — 123,250 3,735,082
2006 2,123,250 470,000 480,000 — 117,600 3,520,174
2005 2,194,250 480,005 490,005 — 122,600 3,636,736
2004 1,874,250 450,005 460,005 — 114,250 3,185,216
2003 1,586,960 460,005 480,005 — 84,055 2,862,675
2002 1,694,060 450,005 460,005 — 106,255 2,973,146
2001 1,919,055 230,005 440,005 — 79,855 2,923,664
2000 2,040,255 240,005 460,005 — 79,700 3,014,499
1999 2,018,755 240,005 460,005 — 71,555 2,957,295
1998 1,837,550 200,005 330,005 — 299,700 3,088,585
1997 — — — — — 7,712
1996 — — — — — 9,736
1994 — — — — — 21,000

▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.