Historical Marker
Chester County Courthouse
Historical marker location:
133 East Main Street, Henderson, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of East Main Street (Tennessee Route 365) and North Cason Avenue, on the right when traveling west on East 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.