ML21166A115

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Letter Exemption from Certain Requirements of 10 CFR Part 50, Section 50.46 and Appendix K
ML21166A115
Person / Time
Site: Sequoyah  Tennessee Valley Authority icon.png
Issue date: 10/26/2021
From: Perry Buckberg
Plant Licensing Branch II
To: Jim Barstow
Tennessee Valley Authority
Buckberg P, NRR/DORL/LPL2-2, 415-1383
References
EPID L-2020-LLE-0169
Download: ML21166A115 (3)


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October 26, 2021 Mr. James Barstow Vice President, Nuclear Regulatory Affairs and Support Services Tennessee Valley Authority 1101 Market Street, LP 4A-C Chattanooga, TN 37402-2801

SUBJECT:

SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNITS 1 AND 2 - EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS OF 10 CFR PART 50, SECTION 50.46 AND APPENDIX K (EPID L-2020-LLE-0169)

Dear Mr. Barstow:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved the enclosed exemption from specific requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Part 50, Section 50.46, Acceptance criteria for emergency core cooling systems [ECCS] for light-water nuclear power reactors, and Appendix K to 10 CFR Part 50, ECCS Evaluation Models for the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. This action is in response to your application dated September 23, 2020, as supplemented by letters dated May 5, 2021, and August 13, 2021, that requested exemption from the above regulations to allow for the use of Optimized ZIRLOTM fuel cladding. The related license amendment request is addressed in separate correspondence (ADAMS Accession No. ML21245A267).

A copy of the exemption is enclosed. The exemption has been forwarded to the Office of the Federal Register for publication.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Perry H. Buckberg, Senior Project Manager Plant Licensing Branch II-2 Division of Operating Reactor Licensing Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket Nos.: 50-327 and 50-328

Enclosure:

Exemption cc: Listserv

ENCLOSURE EXEMPTION

LTR: ML21166A115 FRN: ML21166A114 Exemption: ML21166A166 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/PM NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/LA NRR/DSS/SNSB/BC OGC NAME PBuckberg RButler SKrepel MYoung DATE 8/16/2021 6/22/2021 8/16/2021 10/15/2021 OFFICE NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/BC NRR/DORL/D NRR/DORL/LPL2-2/PM NAME DWrona BPham PBuckberg DATE 10/25/2021 10/26/21 10/26/ 21