Taum Sauk Pumped Storage Project (No. P-2277),
Dam Breach Incident

Incident Description

AmerenUE Consultant's Report, Submitted to FERC April 7, 2006
Note: All files below are PDFs.

• 1.0 Introduction
• 2.0 Summary Description of the Taum Sauk Plant
• 3.0 Summary Description of the Site Geology
• 4.0 Description of the December 14, 2005 Incident
• 5.0 Overall Approach to Root Cause Analysis
• 6.0 Definition of the Upper Reservoir Barriers
• 7.0 Site Investigation of Upper Reservoir Barriers
• 8.0 Analysis of Upper Reservoir Barriers (1.5 MB)
• 9.0 Operation and Control at Taum Sauk
• 10.0 Summary Results of Barrier Analysis
• 11.0 Conclusions and Acknowledgements
  
  
• References and Plates (2.5 MB)
• Appendix A - Siemens Report March 24, 2006 AmerenUE
• Appendix B - May 15, 1964 "Pickel Report"
• Appendix C - Gouhou Dam Paper
• Appendix D - Boring Logs
• Appendix E - Laboratory Test Data (29 MB)
• Appendix F - Calculations (4.5 MB)
• Appendix G - Instrument and Support Drawings