Aquatic environmental conditions in Chickamauga Reservoir during operation of Sequoyah Nuclear Plant. Second annual report 1982

Technical Report · Wed Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5951093· OSTI ID:5951093

Brown, R. T.; Buchanan, J. P.; Dycus, D. L.; Meinert, D. L.; Miller, F. A.; Smith, A. O.; Swor, C. T.; Tomljanovich, D. A.; Wade, D. C.; Wrenn, W. B.

The Tennessee Valley Authority conducts water quality and biological monitoring in Chickamauga Reservoir for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN). Evaluations of 1982 operational monitoring data and comparisons of these data to previous operational and preoperational data are presented in this report. Comparisons of aquatic parameters upstream and downstream of SQN showed occasional differences among stations in 1982. Most of these differences were thought to be associated with factors other than SQN. However, plant operation was judged to cause or contribute to changes in phytoplankton, zooplankton, and benthic macroinvertebrate communities during certain periods, and to attraction of white bass and avoidance by sauger of the diffuser area during summer. With the possible exception of freshwater drum larval entrainment, intake losses were not believed to have adversely affected the Chickamauga Reservoir fish community.

• Research Organization: Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville (USA). Div. of Air and Water Resources
• OSTI ID: 5951093
• Report Number(s): TVA/ONR/WRF-83/12(a); ON: DE83902931
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BENTHOS
COMMUNITIES
COOLING SYSTEMS
ENERGY SYSTEMS
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
ENTRAINMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
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POWER PLANTS
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THERMAL EFFLUENTS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMAL REACTORS
VERTEBRATES
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS
WATER QUALITY
WATER RESERVOIRS
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