Historical Marker
Arna Wendell Bontemps
Historical marker location:
919 Dr DB Todd Jr Blvd, Nashville, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Dr DB Todd Jr Blvd and Morena Street, on the left when traveling north on Dr DB Todd Jr Blvd.)
1902 - 1973.
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.