Historical Marker
Cheatham County Courthouse
Historical marker location:
100 Public Square, Ashland City, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street (Tennessee Route 12) and Sycamore Street, on the left when traveling south on South Main Street.)
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.