Duke Energy Corp. said Friday that the rising Cape Fear River overtopped the dam at a cooling pond next to a coal-ash landfill at its L.V. Sutton Power Plant. The Cape Fear River near the Duke Energy power plant was forecast to crest sometime over the next few days. “What we don’t know at this point is if any coal ash has filtered into the Cape Fear River,” Mr. Regan said. “Cenospheres are coal ash, so if cenospheres are moving into the Cape Fear River, then that means coal ash is moving into the Cape Fear River,” he said.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 21, 2018 18:38 UTC