Historical Marker
Fort Design
Historical marker location:
1100 Fort Negley Boulevard, Nashville, Tennessee
( Marker can be reached from Fort Negley Boulevard north of Chestnut Street, on the right when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 2004
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.