Dunkirk Generating Station has 5 groundwater monitoring wells, 3 of which have been polluted above federal advisory levels based on samples collected between November 17, 2015 and October 01, 2019. Groundwater at this site contains unsafe levels of thallium.
Site descriptionNRG Energy’s Dunkirk Generating Station is in Dunkirk, New York on the banks of Lake Erie in Chautauqua County. This coal-fired plant began operations in 1950 and at one point operated four coal-fired units with a capacity of 627-MW. As of 2018, Dunkirk Generating Station has both retired all its coal-fired units and abandoned all plans to convert the energy plant to run on natural gas. Plant Dunkirk operates a singular, offsite landfill southwest of the power plant. Plant Dunkirk’s Landfill is regulated under the CCR rule.
You can find the industry-reported data here. For more information about the Dunkirk Generating Station, see EIP's 2019 National Coal Ash Report.