Sam Houston Statue

Historical marker location:

Maryville, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of West Broadway Avenue (Tennessee Route 411) and West Lamar Alexander Parkway (Tennessee Route 321), on the right when traveling east on West Broadway Avenue.)

Tennessee was the site of the first commercial nuclear power plant in the United States. The Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Nuclear Plant began operating in 1996 and remains in operation today.