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No: 15-017

March 20, 2015

CONTACT: Dave McIntyre, 301-415-8200

NRC Issues Final Environmental Report on Sequoyah Nuclear Plant License Renewal

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has published its final report detailing the environmental

impacts of renewing the operating licenses of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. The

supplemental environmental impact statement contains the NRC staffs conclusion that the impacts

would not preclude renewing the plants licenses for an additional 20 years.

The Sequoyah plant has two pressurized water reactors, located in Soddy-Daisy, Tenn. about 16

miles northeast of Chattanooga. The reactors are currently licensed to operate through Sept. 17, 2020,

for Unit 1 and Sept. 15, 2021, for Unit 2. The operator, Tennessee Valley Authority, submitted its

renewal application Jan. 15, 2013.

The NRCs review of the application consists of a technical safety review and an environmental

review. The final supplemental environmental impact statement is Supplement 53 to NUREG-1437,

Generic Environmental Impact Statement for License Renewal of Nuclear Plants. It is now available on

the NRCs website.

The NRC published a draft version of the report last August and held two public meetings in

Soddy-Daisy in September to receive public comment. The final report includes the staffs responses to

the comments.

The Sequoyah Nuclear Plant license renewal application and general information about reactor

license renewal are available on the NRC website.

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