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The Tennessee Valley Authority operates three nuclear power plants. Browns Ferry in North Alabama is the largest. Sequoyah, in Hamilton County outside Chattanooga, comes second, and Watts Bar, near Spring City, is the smallest of the three.
The Tennessee nuclear plants produce around 45% of the state’s electricity, and all three together generate about 40% of TVA‘s total energy mix. Watts Bar produces power – enough for about 1.3 million homes a day – and also tritium, an isotope used in fusion…