Tennessee Power Generation Jobsites — Asbestos Exposure
Tennessee's coal-fired power plants, steam generating stations, and industrial utilities rank among the highest-density asbestos exposure worksites in the region. Every boiler drum, turbine casing, and mile of high-pressure steam piping was insulated with asbestos-containing materials from the 1930s through the 1980s — and outage workers returned to the same sites for decades. Scroll the map to explore Tennessee power facilities; click any pin to read the full exposure history.
Map shows 12 documented Tennessee power generation exposure sites. Click any marker to visit the site's full report.
Tennessee Power Generation Sites
Asbestos Exposure at DuPont Old Hickory (Old Hickory, Tennessee)
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Asbestos Exposure at Packaging Corporation of America Counce Paper Mill — Counce, Tennessee
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Asbestos Exposure at Air Products & Chemicals Plant — Millington, Tennessee
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Asbestos Exposure at ALCOA Tennessee Operations — Blount County, Tennessee
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Asbestos Exposure at Bowater / Resolute Forest Products Paper Mill — Calhoun, Tennessee
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Asbestos Exposure at Eastman Chemical Company — Kingsport, Tennessee
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Asbestos Exposure at International Paper Memphis Paper Mill — Memphis, Tennessee
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Asbestos Exposure at Memphis Defense Depot — Memphis, Tennessee
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Asbestos Exposure at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Y-12, and K-25 — Oak Ridge, Tennessee
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Asbestos Exposure at TVA Kingston Fossil Plant — Roane County, Tennessee
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Asbestos Exposure at TVA Pickwick Landing Dam — Hardin County, Tennessee
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Asbestos Exposure at W.R. Grace Chemical Plant — Memphis Area, Tennessee
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Tennessee gives asbestos disease victims one years from diagnosis to file under Tenn. Code Ann. § 28-3-104. Power plant workers frequently develop mesothelioma 20–50 years after exposure — by diagnosis, the clock is already running. Contact an attorney immediately.
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