HARTSVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — It was a momentous day in Hartsville history as the nuclear cooling tower, which stood 540 feet tall for nearly five decades, was demolished on Thursday morning.

Now, the Tennessee Valley Authority is charting a new course for the region's future energy needs.

“I think TVA has realized over the years that that cooling tower was not going to really serve any useful purpose," Scott Brooks with TVA told News 2. "We were not going to complete any of those four reactors that were early under construction. That site is used for a number of other things, and it was really just in the way and so now removing that cooling tower makes way for the future and other possibilities at that site."

For Hartsville locals, the nuclear cooling tower was a landmark that represente

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