TVA Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Unit 2 shutdown for refueling and maintenance outage

Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Sequoyah Nuclear Plant Unit 2 shutdown for refueling and maintenance outage early Friday morning, after generating more than 13.5 billion KWh energy over the past 18 months. Sequoyah Unit 2 is one of seven operational TVA nuclear reactors across the Valley. TVA’s nuclear fleet reliably provides more than one-third of the electricity used across the Valley.

During the outage an additional 700 TVA and contract employees are supplementing the site’s regular staff. Approximately 10,000 work activities are planned, including loading new fuel assemblies, performing inspections of reactor components, maintenance of plant equipment and installing unit enhancements.

Site vice president, Tony Williams said that outages like this are vital to continuing nuclear power’s role as a key supplier of reliable, low-cost, clean electricity to those they serve in the Tennessee Valley. In addition to loading new fuel, some key maintenance activities can only be safely completed when we are offline, so they will make the most of this opportunity to ensure Unit 2 operates safely and reliably for another 18 months.

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