ML15100A049

SQN U2 Renewed License v2

ML15100A049
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Site:	Sequoyah
Issue date:	09/28/2015
From:	Dean W M, Sayoc E C Division of License Renewal
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Renewed License No. DPR 79 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001

TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY

DOCKET NO. 50-328 SEQUOYAH NUCLEAR PLANT, UNIT 2

RENEWED FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE

Renewed License No. DPR-79

1. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission or the NRC) having found that:

A. The application for renewed license filed by the Tennessee Valley Authority (the licensee or TVA) complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I, and all required notifications to other agencies or bodies have been duly made;

B. Construction of the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 2 (the facility), has been substantially completed in conformity with Provisional Construction Permit No. CPPR-73 and the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission;

C. The facility will operate in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission; D. There is reasonable assurance: (i) that the activities authorized by this renewed operating license can be conducted without endangering the health and safety of the public, and (ii) that such activities will be conducted in compliance with the regulations of the Commission set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I; E. The Tennessee Valley Authority is technically and financially qualified to engage in the activities authorized by this renewed operating license in accordance with the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I;

F. The Tennessee Valley Authority has satisfied the applicable provisions of 10 CFR Part 140, "Financial Protection Requirem ents and Indemnity Agreements", of the Commission's regulations;

G. The issuance of this renewed license will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public; Renewed License No. DPR 79 H. After weighing the environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits of the facility against environmental and other costs and considering available alternatives, the issuance of renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-79, subject to the conditions for protection of the environment set forth herein, is in accordance with 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix D*, of the Commission's regulations and all applicable requirements have been satisfied; and I. The receipt, possession, and use of source, byproduct, and special nuclear material as authorized by this renewed license will be in accordance with the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70.

J. Actions have been identified and have been or will be taken with respect to (1) managing the effects of aging during the period of extended operation on the functionality of structures and components that have been identified to require review under 10 CFR 54.21(a)(1), and (2) time-limited aging analyses that have been identified to require review under 10 CFR 54.21(c), such that there is reasonable assurance that the activities authorized by the renewed operating license will continue to be conducted in accordance with the current licensing basis, as defined in 10 CFR 54.3, for the facility, and that any changes made to the facility's current licensing basis in order to comply with 10 CFR 54.29(a) are in accordance with the Act and the Commission's regulations.

2. Renewed Facility Operating License No. DPR-79 is hereby issued to Tennessee Valley Authority to read as follows:

A. This renewed license applies to the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 2, a pressurized water nuclear reactor and associated equipment (the facility), owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority. The facility is located in Hamilton County, Tennessee, about 9.5 miles northeast of Chattanooga, and is described in TVA's Final Safety Analysis Report as supplemented and amended, and the Final Environmental Statement prepared by the Tennessee Valley Authority.

B. Subject to the conditions and requirements incorporated herein, the Commission hereby relicenses the Tennessee Valley Authority:

(1) Pursuant to Section 104(b) of the Act and 10 CFR Part 50, "Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities", to possess, use, and operate the facility at the designated location in Hamilton County, Tennessee, in accordance with the procedures and limitations set forth in this renewed license; (2) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, to receive, possess, and use at any time special nuclear material as reactor fuel, in accordance with the limitations for storage and amounts required for reactor operation, as described in the Final Safety Analysis Report, as supplemented and

amended; *See 10 CFR § 51.56

Renewed License No. DPR 79 (3) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40, and 70, to receive, possess, and use at any time any byproduct, source and special nuclear material as sealed neutron sources for reactor startup, sealed sources for reactor instrumentation and radiation monitoring equipment calibration, and as fission detectors in amounts as required; (4) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to receive, possess, and use in amounts as required any byproduct, source or special nuclear material without restriction to chemical or physical form, for sample analysis or instrument calibration or associated with radioactive apparatus or

components; and (5) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Parts 30, 40 and 70, to possess, but not separate, such byproduct and special nuclear materials as may be produced by the operation of the Sequoyah and Watts Bar Unit 1 Nuclear Plants.

C. This renewed license shall be deemed to contain and is subject to the conditions specified in the Commission's regulations set forth in 10 CFR Chapter I and is subject to all applicable provisions of the Act and to the rules, regulations, and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect; and is subject to the additional conditions specified or incorporated below:

(1) Maximum Power Level The Tennessee Valley Authority is authorized to operate the facility at reactor core

power levels not in excess of 3455 megawatts thermal.

(2) Technical Specifications The Technical Specifications contained in Appendices A and B, as revised through Amendment No. 326 are hereby incorporated into the renewed license. The licensee shall operate the facility in accordance with the Technical Specifications.

(3) Initial Test Program The Tennessee Valley Authority shall conduct the post-fuel-loading initial test program (set forth in Section 14 of Tennessee Valley Authority's Final Safety Analysis Report, as amended), without making any major modifications of this program unless modifications have been identified and have received prior NRC approval. Major modifications are defined as:

a. Elimination of any test identified in Section 14 of TVA's Final Safety Analysis Report as amended as being essential; Renewed License No. DPR 79

b. Modification of test objectives, methods or acceptance criteria for any test identified in Section 14 of TVA's Final Safety Analysis Report as amended as being essential;

c. Performance of any test at power level different from there described; and

d. Failure to complete any tests included in the described program (planned or scheduled) for power levels up to the authorized power level.

(4) Monitoring Settlement Markers (SER/SSER Section 2.6.3)

TVA shall continue to monitor the settlement markers along the ERCW conduit for the new ERCW intake structure for a period not less than three years from the date of this license. Any settlement greater than 0.5 inches that occurs during this period will be evaluated by TVA and a report on this matter will be submitted to the NRC.

(5) Tornado Missiles (Section 3.5)

Prior to startup after the first refueling of the facility, TVA shall reconfirm to the satisfaction of the NRC that adequate tornado protection is provided for the 480 V transformer ventilation systems.

(6) Design of Seismic Category Structures (Section 3.8)

Prior to startup following the first refueling, TVA shall evaluate all seismic Category I masonry walls to final NRC criteria and implement NRC required modifications that are indicated by that evaluation.

(7) Low Temperature Overpressure Protection (Section 5.2.2)

Prior to startup after the first refueling, TVA shall install an overpressure mitigation system which meets NRC requirements.

(8) Steam Generator Inspection (Section 5.3.1)

(a) Prior to start-up after the first refueling, TVA shall install inspection ports in each steam generator or have an alternative for inspection that is acceptable to the NRC.

(9) Containment Isolation Systems (Section 6.2.4)

Prior to startup after the first refueling, TVA shall modify to the satisfaction of the NRC the one-inch chemical feed lines to the main and auxiliary feedwater lines for compliance with GDC 57.

Renewed License No. DPR 79 (10) Environmental Qualification (Section 7.2.2)

a. No later than June 30, 1982, TVA shall be in compliance with the requirements of NUREG-0588, "Interim Staff Position on Environmental Qualification of Safety-Related Electrical Equipment,"

for safety-related equipment exposed to a harsh environment.

b. Complete and auditable records must be available and maintained at a central location which describe the environmental qualification method used for all safety-related electrical equipment in sufficient detail to document the degree of compliance with the DOR Guidelines or NUREG-0588. Such records should be updated and maintained current as equipment is replaced, further tested, or otherwise further qualified to document complete compliance by June 30, 1982.

c. Within 90 days of receipt of the equipment qualification safety evaluation, the licensee shall either (i) provide missing documentation identified in Sections 3 and 4 of the equipment qualification safety evaluation which will demonstrate compliance of the applicable

equipment with NUREG-0588, or (ii) commit to corrective actions which will result in documentation of compliance of applicable equipment with NUREG-0588 no later than June 30, 1982.

(11) Requirements For Modification To Or Addition Of Instrumentation And Controls (Section 7.3.2)

a. Prior to startup after first refueling, TVA shall have installed instrument downscale failure alarms for the effluent monitoring instrumentation channels for radioactive gaseous and radioactive liquid effluents. Modifications to procedures and Technical Specifications 3.3.3.9 and 3.3.3.10 shall have been completed.

b. Prior to startup after the first refueling, TVA shall have received NRC approval of an additional operable level of over/undervoltage protection including associated Technical Specifications. The level of protection from the effects of power transients on safety-related equipment provided by Part I of the staff's "Degraded Grid Voltage Position", or equivalent, is required.

(12) This specification has been deleted.

Renewed License No. DPR 79 (13) Fire Protection TVA shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program referenced in Sequoyah Nuclear Plant's Final Safety Analysis Report and as approved in NRC Safety Evaluation Reports contained in NUREG-0011, Supplements 1, 2, and 5, NUREG-1232, Volume 2, NRC letters dated May 29, and October 6, 1986, and the Safety Evaluation issued on August 12, 1997, for License Amendment No. 218, subject to the following provision:

TVA may make changes to the approved fire protection program without prior approval of the Commission only if those changes would not adversely affect the ability to achieve and maintain safe shutdown in the event of a fire.

(14) Compliance With Regulatory Guide 1.97 TVA shall implement modifications necessary to comply with Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 1.97, "Instrumentation for Light Water Cooled Nuclear Power Plants to Assess Plant Conditions During and Following an Accident,"

dated December 1980 by startup from the Unit 2 Cycle 4 refueling outage.

(15) Corrosion of Carbon Steel Piping TVA shall carry out a surveillance program on corrosion of carbon steel piping in accordance with TVA document SQRD-50-328/81-10 dated August 25, 1981, and procedures for implementation are to be submitted for NRC concurrence by October 15, 1981.

(16) NUREG-0737 Conditions (Section 22.2)

Each of the following conditions shall also be performed to the satisfaction of the NRC: a. Shift Technical Advisor (Section 22.2, I.A.1.1)

This condition is deleted.

b. Independent Safety Engineering Group (Section 22.2, I.B.1.2)

This condition is deleted.

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c. Procedures for Verifying Correct Performance of Operating Activities (Section 22.2, I.C.6)

Procedures shall be available to verify the adequacy of the operating activities.

d. Control Room Design (Section 22.2, I.D.1)

TVA shall consider the benefits of installing data recording and logging equipment in the control room to correct the deficiencies associated with the trending of important parameters on strip chart recorders used in the control room as part of the Detailed Control Room Design Review. Implementation shall be carried out in accordance with SECY 82-111B.

e. Training During Low-Power Testing (Section 22.2, I.G.1)

One experienced operator trained on Unit 1 low power testing for natural circulation operation shall be assigned to each shift on this facility. This requirement shall remain until TVA submits a report, and NRC agrees with findings, that an acceptable level of training and

experience on Unit 2 has been attained.

f. Reactor Coolant System Vents (Section 22.2, II.B.1)

At the first outage of sufficient duration, but no later than startup following first refueling outage, TVA shall install reactor coolant system and reactor vessel head highpoint vents that are remotely operable from the control room.

g. Post Accident Sampling (Section 22.2, II.B.3)

This condition has been deleted.

h. Hydrogen Control Measures (Section 22.2, II.B.7)

(1) Prior to startup following the first refueling outage, the Commission must confirm that an adequate hydrogen control system for the plant is installed and will perform its intended function in a manner that provides adequate safety margins.

Renewed License No. DPR 79 (2) During the interim period of operation, TVA shall continue a research program on hydrogen control measures and the effects of hydrogen burns on safety functions and shall submit to the NRC quarterly reports on that research program.

(a) TVA shall amend its research program on hydrogen control measures to include, but not be limited to, the following items:

1) Improved calculational methods for containment temperature and ice condenser response to hydrogen combustion.

2) Research to address the potential for local detonation.

3) Confirmatory tests on selected equipment exposed to hydrogen burns.

4) New calculations to predict differences between expected equipment temperature environments and

containment temperatures.

5) Evaluate and resolve any anomalous results occurring during the course of its ongoing test program.

(b) A schedule for confirmatory tests shall be provided by TVA consistent with the requirement to meet Section (16)h.(2) of the license.

i. Relief and Safety Valve Test Requirements (Section 22.2, II.D.1)

TVA shall conform to the results of the EPRI test program. TVA shall provide documentation for qualifying (a) reactor coolant system relief and safety valves, (b) piping and supports, and (c) block valves in accordance with the review schedule given in SECY 81-491 as approved by the Commission.

j. Auxiliary Feedwater (Section 22.2, II.E.1.1)

Prior to exceeding five percent power, auxiliary feedwater pump endurance tests will be completed. A report shall be submitted to NRC within 30 days after all tests are completed.

Renewed License No. DPR 79

k. Containment Isolation Dependability (Section 22.2, II.E.4.2)

TVA shall limit the purge valve openings to less than or equal to 50 degrees.

l. Additional Accident Monitoring Instrumentation (Section 22.2, II.F.1)

(1) TVA shall install interim noble gas monitors at the first outage of sufficient duration.

(2) At the first outage of sufficient duration, but no later than startup following the first refueling outage, TVA shall install the following qualified monitoring instrumentation:

(a) Containment high range radiation monitor.

(b) Containment pressure monitor.

(c) Containment water level monitor.

(d) Containment hydrogen monitor.

(3) At the first outage of sufficient duration but no later than startup following the second refueling outage, TVA shall install a qualified integrated monitoring assembly which will accomplish particulate, iodine and noble gas monitoring.

m. Instruments for Inadequate Core Cooling (Section 22.2, II.F.2)

(1) By January 1, 1982, TVA shall install a backup indication for incore thermocouples. This display shall be in the control room

and cover the temperature range of 200 F - 2000 F.

(2) At the first outage of sufficient duration but no later than startup following the second refueling outage, TVA shall install reactor vessel water level instrumentation which meets NRC

requirements.

n. Voiding in Reactor Coolant System (Section 22.2, II.K.2.17)

TVA is participating in the Westinghouse owners group effort on this item and shall conform to the results of this effort. The analysis will be submitted to NRC by January 1, 1982.

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o. Sequential Auxiliary Feedwater Flow Analysis (Section 22.2, II.K.2.19)

TVA is participating in the Westinghouse owners group effort on this item and shall conform to the results of this effort. The analysis will be submitted to NRC by July 1, 1982.

p. Calculations for Small-Break LOCAs (Section 22.2, II.K.3.30 and II.K.3.31)

TVA is participating in the Westinghouse owners group effort for this item and shall conform to the results of this effort. The analysis for

model justification will be submitted to NRC in June 1982.

q. Upgrade Emergency Support Facilities (Section 22.2, III.A.1.2)

(1) At the first outage of sufficient duration, but no later than startup following the second refueling outage, TVA shall update the Technical Support Facilities to meet NRC requirements.

(2) TVA shall maintain interim emergency support facilities (Technical Support Center, Operations Support Center and the Emergency Operations Facility) until the final facilities are complete.

r. Long-Term Emergency Preparedness (Section 22.2, III.A.2)

Additional implementation dates for the meteorological program are:

(1) Functional description of upgraded capabilities shall be provided by January 1, 1982.

(2) Installation of hardware and software shall be completed by July 1, 1982.

(3) Full operational capability is required by October 1, 1982.

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s. Primary Coolant Outside Containment (Section 22.2, III.D.1.1)

Prior to exceeding 5 percent power level, TVA is required to complete the leak tests on Unit 2, and results are to be submitted within 30 days from the completion of the testing.

(17) Surveillance Interval Extension The performance interval for the 36-month surveillance requirements in TS 4.3.2.1.3 shall be extended to May 18, 1996, to coincide with the Cycle 7 refueling outage. The extended interval shall not exceed a total of 50

months for the 36-month surveillances.

(18) Mixed Core DNBR Penalty

TVA will obtain NRC approval prior to startup for any cycle's core that involves a reduction in the departure from nucleate boiling ratio initial transition core penalty below that value stated in TVA's submittal on Framatome fuel conversion dated April 6, 1997.

(19) Steam Generator Replacement Project

During the Unit 1 Cycle 12 refueling and steam generator replacement outage, lifts of heavy loads will be performed in accordance with Table 3.1 of NRC Safety Evaluation dated March 26, 2003.

(20) Control Room Air Conditioning System Maintenance TVA commits to the use of a portable chiller package and air-handling unit to provide alternate cooling if both trains of the control room air condition system become inoperable during the maintenance activities to upgrade the compressors and controls or immediately enter Technical Specification 3.0.3.

(21) Mitigation Strategy License Condition Develop and maintain strategies for addressing large fires and explosions and that include the following key areas: (a) Fire fighting response strategy and with the following elements: 1. Pre-defined coordinated fire response strategy and guidance 2. Assessment of mutual aid fire fighting assets 3. Designated staging areas for equipment and materials

4. Command and control

5. Training of response personnel Renewed License No. DPR 79 (b) Operations to mitigate fuel damage considering the following: 1. Protection and use of personnel assets 2. Communications

3. Minimizing fire spread

4. Procedures for implementing integrated fire response strategy 5. Identification of readily-available pre-staged equipment 6. Training on integrated fire response strategy 7. Spent fuel pool mitigation measures (c) Actions to minimize release to include consideration of: 1. Water spray scrubbing 2. Dose to onsite responders (22) The licensee shall implement and maintain all Actions required by Attachment 2 to NRC Order EA-06-137, issued June 20, 2006, except the last action that requires incorporation of the strategies into the site security plan, contingency plan, emergency plan and/or guard training and qualification plan, as appropriate.

(23) Upon implementation of the amendment adopting TSTF-448, Revision 3, the determination of control room envelope (CRE) unfiltered air inleakage as required by Surveillance Requirement (SR) 4.7.7.h, in accordance with TS 6.17.c.(i), the assessment of CRE habitability as required by Specification 6.17.c.(ii), and the measurement of CRE pressure as required by Specification 6.17.d, shall be considered met. Following implementation:

(a) The first performance of SR 4.7.7.h, in accordance with Specification 6.17.c.(i), shall be within the specified Frequency of 6 years, plus the 18-month allowance of SR 4.0.2, as measured from May 3, 2004; the date of the most recent successful tracer gas test, as stated in the August 4, 2004, letter response to Generic Letter 2003-01; or within the next 18 months if the time period since the most recent successful tracer gas test is greater than 6 years.

(b) The first performance of the periodic assessment of CRE habitability, Specification 6.17.c.(ii), shall be within 3 years, plus the 9-month allowance of SR 4.0.2, as measured from May 3, 2004; the date of the most recent successful tracer gas test, as stated in the August 4, 2004, letter response to Generic Letter 2003-01; or within the next 9 months if the time period since the most recent successful tracer gas test is greater than 3 years.

Renewed License No. DPR 79 (c) The first performance of the periodic measurement of CRE pressure, Specification 6.17.d, shall be within 18 months, plus the 138 days allowed by SR 4.0.2, as measured from May 30, 2007, the date of the most recent successful pressure measurement test, or within 138 days if not

performed previously.

(24) License Renewal License Conditions (a) The information in the Updated Final Safety Analysis Report (UFSAR) supplement, submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 54.21(d), is henceforth part of the UFSAR which will be updated in accordance with 10 CFR 50.71(e).

As such, the licensee may make changes to the programs and activities described in the UFSAR supplement, without prior Commission approval, provided the licensee evaluates such changes pursuant to the criteria set forth in 10 CFR 50.59 and otherwise complies with the requirements in that section. (b) The licensee's UFSAR supplement submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 54.21(d), as revised during the license renewal application review process, and as revised in accordance with license condition 2.C.(24)(a), describes certain programs to be implemented and activities to be completed prior to the period of extended operation. 1. TVA shall implement those new programs and enhancements to existing programs no later than March 15, 2021.

2. TVA shall complete those designated inspection and testing activities, as noted in Appendix A of the "Safety Evaluation Report Related to the License Renewal of Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2," dated January 2015, no later than March 15, 2021, or the end of the last refueling outage prior to the period of extended operation, whichever occurs later. 3. TVA shall notify the NRC in writing within 30 days after having accomplished item (b)1 above and include the status of those activities that have been or remain to be completed in item (b)2

above. Renewed License No. DPR 79 D. Exemptions from certain requirements of Appendices G and J to 10 CFR Part 50 are described in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation's Safety Evaluation Report, Supplements No. 1 and No. 5. These exemptions are authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and are otherwise in the public interest. Therefore, these exemptions are hereby granted. The facility will operate, to the extent authorized herein, in conformity with the application, as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission.

A temporary exemption from General Design Criterion 57 found in Appendix A to 10 CFR part 50 is described in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation's Safety Evaluation Report, Supplement No. 5, Section 6.2.4. This exemption is authorized by law and will not endanger life or property or the common defense and security and is otherwise in the public interest. The exemption, therefore, is hereby granted and shall remain in effect through the first refueling outage as discussed in Section 6.2.4 of Supplement 5 to the Safety Evaluation Report. The granting of the exemption is authorized with the issuance of the renewed Facility Operating License. The facility will operate, to the extent authorized herein, in conformity with the application as amended, the provisions of the Act, and the regulations of the Commission.

E. Physical Protection (1) The licensee shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-approved physical security, training and qualification, and safeguards contingency plans including amendments made pursuant to provisions of the Miscellaneous Amendments and Search Requirements revisions to 10 CFR 73.55 (51 FR 27817 and 27822) and to the authority of

10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The combined set of plans, which contain Safeguards Information protected under 10 CFR 73.21, is entitled: "Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Security Plan, Training And Qualification Plan, And Safeguards Contingency Plan" submitted by letter dated May 8, 2006.

(2) The licensee shall fully implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the Commission-approved cyber security plan (CSP), including changes made pursuant to the authority of 10 CFR 50.90 and 10 CFR 50.54(p). The licensee CSP was approved by License Amendment No. 322, as amended by changes approved by License Amendment No. 326.

F. Reactor Safety Methodology Applications Programs (Section 24.0)

TVA will provide a report prepared by the Kaman Sciences Corporation (KSC) on a full scale nuclear safety and availability analysis within six months from the date of the KSC

report. Renewed License No. DPR 79 G. This renewed license is subject to the following additional condition for the protection of the environment:

Before engaging in additional construction or operational activities, which may result in an environmental impact that was not evaluated by the Commission, Tennessee Valley Authority will prepare and record an environmental evaluation of such activity. When the evaluation indicates that such activity may result in a significant adverse environmental impact that was not evaluated, or that is significantly greater than that evaluated in the Final Environmental Statement prepared by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Environmental Impact Appraisal prepared by the Commission in May 1979 and March 2015, the Tennessee Valley Authority shall provide a written evaluation of such activities and obtain prior approval from the Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

H. Deleted

I. TVA shall immediately notify the Commission of any accident at this facility, which could result in an unplanned release of quantities of fission products in excess of allowable limits for normal operation established by the Commission.

J. TVA shall have and maintain financial protection of such type and in such amounts as the Commission shall require in accordance with Section 170 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to cover public liability claims.

K. If TVA plans to remove or to make significant changes in the normal operation of equipment that controls the amount of radioactivity in effluents from the Sequoyah Nuclear Plants, the Commission shall be notified in writing regardless of whether the change affects the amount of radioactivity in the effluents L. This renewed license is effective as of the date of issuance and shall expire September 15, 2041.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

/RA/

William M. Dean, Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Attachments:

1. Attachment 1

2. Appendices A and B Technical

Specifications

Date of Issuance: September 28, 2015

Renewed License No. DPR 79 ATTACHMENT 1 CONSTRUCTION ITEM TO BE COMPLETED Prior to initial criticality, TVA shall complete applicable preoperational testing and resolve

significant test deficiencies. TVA shall not proceed to initial criticality without NRC authorization.