Historical Marker
James Carroll Napier
Historical marker location:
648 Claiborne St, Nashville, Tennessee
( Marker is at the intersection of Lafayette Street (U.S. 70S) and Claiborne Street, on the right when traveling north on Lafayette Street.)
Marker installed: 1971
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.