# 2025-00598: Nuclear Regulators Let Tired Workers Run Plant for 21 Days Straight

2025-00598, Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 2; Exemption, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-14, effective 2024-12-23 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00598
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00598
- Title: Tennessee Valley Authority; Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 2; Exemption
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-14
- Effective: 2024-12-23
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Nuclear Regulators Let Tired Workers Run Plant for 21 Days Straight

## Summary

The Tennessee Valley Authority got a special one-time pass to let workers at Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 2, work longer hours than usual for up to 21 days between January 6 and January 31, 2025. This helps keep the plant running smoothly without extra costs or delays. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave the green light on December 23, 2024.

## Abstract

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has issued an exemption in response to a request dated November 27, 2024, from Tennessee Valley Authority. The exemption authorizes a one-time exemption for Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 2, to allow the use of the less restrictive work hour limitations described in NRC regulations for a 21-day period starting no earlier than January 6, 2025, and no later than January 31, 2025.

## Effects PRIA read

- One-time 21-day work-hour exemption: mixed, medium. The NRC granted TVA a one-time exemption allowing certain Sequoyah Nuclear Plant, Unit 2, personnel to use less restrictive outage work-hour rules for up to 21 days starting no earlier than January 6, 2025 and no later than January 31, 2025. While the exemption is in effect, specified workers must…
- Supports local electricity reliability: benefit, medium. The exemption lets TVA complete a planned maintenance window at Sequoyah Unit 2 between January 6 and January 31, 2025, for up to 21 days, which the NRC staff found may help the unit return to service sooner. The NRC noted that finishing the work earlier may help TVA meet elevated electrical demand…

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## Sources
- [2025-00598 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/14/2025-00598/tennessee-valley-authority-sequoyah-nuclear-plant-unit-2-exemption)
- [2025-00598 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-14/pdf/2025-00598.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00598 (as of 2026-06-08).