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At 1100 EST on 1/31/10, the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Shift Manager was made aware of notifications made to an outside government agency regarding Loss of Offsite Response Capabilities. Specifically, on 1/30/10 at 1826 EST, the Operations Duty Specialist made a Courtesy notification to the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency (TEMA) of 9 offsite sirens which had failed their polling test. This is well below the normal reporting criteria for the Emergency Plan. Subsequently, on 1/31/10 at 1042 EST, TEMA was notified that 4 of the sirens had been repaired, and only 5 sirens are still not responding to the polling test. The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector.

• * * UPDATE AT 1636 EST ON 1/31/2010 FROM MIKE BRUBAKER TO MARK ABRAMOVITZ * * *

This amendment is being provided to clarify that a loss of offsite notification capabilities did not occur. At 1100 EST on 1/31/10, the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Shift Manager was made aware of a courtesy notification made by the TVA Operations Duty Specialist to TEMA regarding loss of a small number of sirens due to inclement weather conditions. The courtesy notification was made on 1/30/10 at 1826 to inform TEMA that 9 offsite sirens had failed their polling test. A loss of 9 sirens does not constitute loss of emergency preparedness capability. This amends the original report which was made within 4 hours of the shift manager's notification. The licensee notified the NRC Resident Inspector. Notified the R2DO (Widman).