Historical Marker
Riverdale School
Historical marker location:
7009 Thorngrove Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Thorngrove Pike and Drinnen Road, on the right when traveling west on Thorngrove Pike.)
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.