Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station

The Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is a Tennessee Valley Authority nuclear reactor pair used for electric power generation. It is located on a 1,770-acre site in , near , between and .
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  • Power station
  • …lies at an elevation of 735 feet (224 metres)
  • …is operated by the Tennessee Valley Authority
  • Description: Nuclear power plant in Rhea County, Tennessee
  • Also known as
    “Watts Bar Nuclear Plant”
    “Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant”
  • Established: May 1996

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Watts Bar Dam.
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is a hydroelectric dam on the… is situated 1½ miles north of Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Decatur.
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is a town in , , United States. is situated 6 miles south of Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station.

Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station

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Latitude
35.60113° or 35° 36′ 4″ north
Longitude
-84.79207° or 84° 47′ 31″ west
Open location code
867QJ625+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1213799426
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Geo­Names ID
6332749
Wiki­data ID
Q1739496

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “محطة واتس بار النووية”
  • Bengali: “ওয়াটস বার পারমাণবিক বিদ্যুৎ কেন্দ্র”
  • Chinese: “瓦茨巴核电站”
  • Chinese: “瓦茨巴核電站”
  • Czech: “Jaderná elektrárna Watts Bar”
  • Czech: “JE Watts Bar”
  • Dutch: “Kerncentrale Watts Bar”
  • French: “Centrale nucléaire de Watts Bar”
  • German: “Kernkraftwerk Watts Bar”
  • German: “Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station”
  • Italian: “Centrale elettronucleare Watts Bar”
  • Italian: “Centrale nucleare di Watts Bar”
  • Japanese: “ワッツバー原子力発電所”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Watts Bar kjernekraftverk”
  • Norwegian: “Watts Bar kjernekraftverk”
  • Russian: “АЭС Уоттс-Бар”
  • Spanish: “Planta de energía nuclear Watts Bar”
  • Spanish: “Watts Bar Nuclear Generating Station”
  • Swedish: “Watts Bar kärnkraftverk”
  • Ukrainian: “АЕС Воттс-Бар”

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