Coker Creek

Historical marker location:

Tellico Plains, Tennessee

( Marker is at the intersection of Tennessee Route 68 and Joe Brown Highway (County Route 40), on the left when traveling south on State Route 68.)

Caught in the Middle.

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.