Interview: How TVA safely brought down a compromised smokestack

Lewis Tyler Editor, Demolition & Recycling International

05 January 2026

When a modern smokestack did not fall as planned, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) team faced a high-risk challenge. Jason Curtsinger, Senior Manager of Demolition at TVA, tells D&RI how the company overcame it.

Speaking at the World Demolition Summit (WDS) in Nashville in November, Jason Curtstinger, Senior Manager of Demolition at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), garnered much praise for his review of a recent implosion project at a fossil plant in the Tennessee River Valley.

During the decommissioning of several retired smokestacks,…

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