Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Nuclear Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. 50-327 and 50-328; NRC-2021-0178] AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Exemption; issuance. SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption in response to a September 23, 2020, request from the Tennessee Valley Authority to allow for the use of Optimized ZIRLO TM fuel rod cladding at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. DATES: The exemption was issued on October 26, 2021. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0178 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly available information related to this document using any of the following methods: Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0178. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov . For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document. NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/​reading-rm/​adams.html . To begin the search, select “Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.” For problems with ADAMS, contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pdr.resource@nrc.go…