Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

TVA’s second nuclear power plant, Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, is located on 525 acres beside Chickamauga Reservoir in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee.

The plant was named in honor of a Cherokee Indian who lived in the area and invented an alphabet that was the tribe’s first written form of communication.

Groundbreaking on Sequoyah Nuclear Plant occurred in 1969, with major construction beginning a year later.

Sequoyah Units 1 and 2

• Unit 1 began commercial operation in on July 1, 1981, and Unit 2 began commercial operation on June 1, 1982.
• Each of the units is capable of producing more than 1,160 megawatts of electricity, and together can generate enough electricity to supply about 1.3 million homes a day.
• For over 25 years, Sequoyah has safely generated electricity, producing more than 376 million megawatt hours of electricity.
• The longest continuous operating run for Unit 1 is a “breaker-to-breaker” run of 506 days, 17 hours, and 33 minutes, from May 15, 2006, to October 4, 2007.
• Sequoyah Unit 2 holds the longest run of the two units - a “breaker-to-breaker” run of 512 days and 16 hours - operating continuously from November 18, 2000, to April 14, 2002.
• Sequoyah employs approximately 800 employees and has an annual payroll of about $70 million.
• Sequoyah employees serve as Partners in Education with four area schools and operate the Sequoyah Community Spirit Fund, which contributes to the well-being of the residents in surrounding counties by providing necessities and assistance to needy families.