TVA refuels reactor at Sequoyah plant
The oldest reactor at the Sequoyah Nuclear Plant near Soddy-Daisy is back to full power again after the TVA workers and contractors completed a scheduled refueling and maintenance outage this week.
The Unit 1 reactor at Sequoyah Plant generates enough power for 650,000 homes and Nuclear Regulatory Commission resident inspectors reported Thursday that the plant is operating safely in all key measures monitored by the NRC.
“The entire Sequoyah team, supported by our union and contract partners, safely completed over 11,700 work activities during the outage,” said Tom Marshall, Sequoyah site vice president. “The work we performed together in this outage puts Unit 1 in the best position to continue to operate safely and reliably over the next 18-month cycle.”
In addition to replacing 85 of the unit’s 193 fuel assemblies, detailed inspections of various systems were conducted to confirm all components are fully able to perform their safety functions. Other major maintenance activities included replacing or refurbishing a number of motors, valves and other plant components