80 FR 59831 - License Renewal for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 191 (October 2, 2015)

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued renewed facility operating licenses Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 to Tennessee Valley Authority, the operator of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 (SQN). Renewed facility operating licenses Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 authorize operation of SQN by the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3455 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the SQN renewed licenses and technical specifications. In addition, the NRC has prepared a record of decision (ROD) that supports the NRC's decision to renew facility operating licenses Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79.

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 191 (Friday, October 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59831-59832]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-25128]


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 50-327 and 50-328; NRC-2013-0037]


License Renewal for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal and record of decision; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued 
renewed facility operating licenses Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 to Tennessee 
Valley Authority, the operator of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 
and 2 (SQN). Renewed facility operating licenses Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 
authorize operation of SQN by the licensee at reactor core power levels 
not in excess of 3455 megawatts thermal, in accordance with the 
provisions of the SQN renewed licenses and technical specifications. In 
addition, the NRC has prepared a record of decision (ROD) that supports 
the NRC's decision to renew facility operating licenses Nos. DPR-77 and 
DPR-79.

DATES: The license renewal of facility operating licenses Nos. DPR-77 
and DPR-79 were effective on September 28, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2013-0037 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly-available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Web site: Go to http://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2013-0037. Address 
questions about NRC dockets to Carol Gallagher; telephone: 301-415-
3463; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact 
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of 
this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and 
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, 
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to [email protected]. The 
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if that document 
is available in ADAMS) is provided the first time that a document is 
referenced.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emmanuel Sayoc, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 
20555; telephone: 301-415-4084; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given that the NRC has 
issued renewed facility operating licenses Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 to 
Tennessee Valley Authority, the operator of SQN. Renewed facility 
operating licenses Nos. DPR-77 and DPR-79 authorize operation of SQN by 
the licensee at reactor core power levels not in excess of 3455 
megawatts thermal, in accordance with the provisions of the SQN renewed 
licenses and technical specifications. The NRC's ROD that supports the 
NRC's decision to renew facility operating licenses Nos. DPR-77 and 
DPR-79 is available in ADAMS under Accession No. ML15104A689. As 
discussed in the ROD and the final supplemental environmental impact 
statement (FSEIS) for SQN, Supplement

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53 to NUREG-1437, ``Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License 
Renewal of Nuclear Plants Regarding Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 
2,'' dated March 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15075A438), the NRC has 
considered a range of reasonable alternatives that included natural gas 
combined-cycle, supercritical pulverized coal, new nuclear, wind and 
solar power, and the no action alternative. The ROD and FSEIS document 
the NRC's determination in its environmental review that the adverse 
environmental impacts of license renewal for SQN are not so great that 
preserving the option of license renewal for energy planning decision 
makers would be unreasonable.
    SQN is a dual pressurized water reactor nuclear steam supply 
system, with four coolant loops for each unit, and located 
approximately 9.5 miles northeast of Chattanooga, Tennessee. The 
application for the renewed license, ``Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 
and 2, License Renewal Application,'' dated January 7, 2013 (ADAMS 
Accession No. ML130240007), as supplemented by letters dated through 
August 17, 2015, complied with the standards and requirements of the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the NRC's 
regulations. As required by the Act and the NRC's regulations in 
Chapter 1 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, the NRC has 
made appropriate findings, which are set forth in the license. A public 
notice of acceptance for docketing of the application and an 
opportunity for a hearing was published in the Federal Register on 
March 5, 2013 (78 FR 14362).
    For further details with respect to this action, see: (1) Tennessee 
Valley Authority license renewal application for Sequoyah Nuclear 
Plant, Units 1 and 2, dated January 7, 2013, as supplemented by letters 
dated through August 17, 2017; (2) the NRC's safety evaluation report 
published in January 2015 (ADAMS Accession No. ML15021A356); (3) the 
NRC's final environmental impact statement (NUREG-1437, Supplement 53) 
for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2, published in March 2015; and 
(4) the NRC's ROD.

    Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 28th day of September, 2015.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Christopher G. Miller,
Director, Division of License Renewal, Office of Nuclear Reactor 
Regulation.
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