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29-494: (Redirected from Sequoias ) [REDACTED] Look up Sequoia , sequoia , or Sequoyah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sequoia , Sequoya or Sequoyah refers to a type of tree in the cypress family which includes the redwood trees . By extension the name may refer to: Science and technology [ edit ] Biology [ edit ] Sequoioideae ,

58-530: A Marvel Comics character Sequoia (composition) , by American composer Joan Tower "Sequoia", a song by Way Out West from Way Out West Sequoya (Ream) , a bronze sculpture Sequoya (St. John's University's Literary Magazine) Places [ edit ] United States [ edit ] State of Sequoyah , an attempt in the early 20th century by Native Americans to form their own state Canyon, California , formerly Sequoya Mount Sequoyah , Great Smoky Mountains Sequoia Hall , home of

87-558: A bronze sculpture Sequoya (St. John's University's Literary Magazine) Places [ edit ] United States [ edit ] State of Sequoyah , an attempt in the early 20th century by Native Americans to form their own state Canyon, California , formerly Sequoya Mount Sequoyah , Great Smoky Mountains Sequoia Hall , home of the Statistics Department of Stanford University Sequoia Hospital , Redwood City, California Sequoia National Park ,

116-768: A county in mid-eastern Oklahoma bordering Arkansas Sequoyah Nuclear Plant , Tennessee Sequoyah, Oklahoma , an unincorporated community in northeastern Oklahoma Elsewhere [ edit ] Tour Sequoia , an office skyscraper in Paris, France Schools [ edit ] Sequoia Middle School (disambiguation) , several schools Sequoia High School (disambiguation) , several schools Sequoyah High School (Georgia) , public school in Canton, Georgia Sequoyah High School (Claremore, Oklahoma) , public school Sequoyah High School (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) , high school and Native American boarding school Sequoyah School ,

145-452: A file system codenamed Sequoia Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Old Sequoia , a 1945 American animated short film directed by Jack King Sequoia (1934 film) , an American drama film Sequoia (2014 film) , an American comedy film Sequoia (comics) , a Marvel Comics character Sequoia (composition) , by American composer Joan Tower "Sequoia", a song by Way Out West from Way Out West Sequoya (Ream) ,

174-409: A minor planet Sequoia (supercomputer) , an IBM supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US HFS Plus , a file system codenamed Sequoia Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Old Sequoia , a 1945 American animated short film directed by Jack King Sequoia (1934 film) , an American drama film Sequoia (2014 film) , an American comedy film Sequoia (comics) ,

203-1220: A national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, California Sequoia National Forest , adjacent to the Sequoia National Park Giant Sequoia National Monument , monument administered as part of the National Forest Sequoia Park Zoo , in Eureka, California Sequoyah County, Oklahoma , a county in mid-eastern Oklahoma bordering Arkansas Sequoyah Nuclear Plant , Tennessee Sequoyah, Oklahoma , an unincorporated community in northeastern Oklahoma Elsewhere [ edit ] Tour Sequoia , an office skyscraper in Paris, France Schools [ edit ] Sequoia Middle School (disambiguation) , several schools Sequoia High School (disambiguation) , several schools Sequoyah High School (Georgia) , public school in Canton, Georgia Sequoyah High School (Claremore, Oklahoma) , public school Sequoyah High School (Tahlequah, Oklahoma) , high school and Native American boarding school Sequoyah School ,

232-474: A non-profit, independent alternative school in Pasadena, California Sequoia University , a defunct Los Angeles diploma mill Companies [ edit ] Sequoia Capital , a venture capital firm Sequoia Voting Systems , a California company that provides electronic voting systems Sequoia Fund , a Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb investment fund Transport [ edit ] Piper Sequoya ,

261-418: A non-profit, independent alternative school in Pasadena, California Sequoia University , a defunct Los Angeles diploma mill Companies [ edit ] Sequoia Capital , a venture capital firm Sequoia Voting Systems , a California company that provides electronic voting systems Sequoia Fund , a Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb investment fund Transport [ edit ] Piper Sequoya ,

290-482: A plume exposure pathway zone of 10 miles (16 km) radius (concerned primarily with exposure to, and inhalation of, airborne radioactive contamination), and an ingestion pathway zone of about 50 miles (80 km) radius (concerned primarily with ingestion of food and liquid contaminated by radioactivity). The 2010 U.S. population within 10 miles (16 km) of Sequoyah was 99,664, according to 2010 U.S. Census data analyzed for msnbc.com, an increase of 13.8 percent in

319-749: A three-genus subfamily of the cypress family Sequoia (genus) , a genus with one living and several fossil species Sequoia sempervirens , coast redwood, found along the coast of California and Oregon Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia), the sequoia tree found on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada of California Metasequoia , dawn redwood The Great Sequoia , a sequoia tree in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain Other science and technology [ edit ] macOS Sequoia , an operating system version 1103 Sequoia ,

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348-571: A variant of the Piper Aerostar, a light twin-engine utility aircraft Sequoia Falco , a light, acrobatic aircraft Sequoia Field Airport , near Visalia, California, US Toyota Sequoia , a sport utility vehicle USS Sequoia , several US Navy ships USS Sequoia (presidential yacht) , U.S. presidential yacht USS Sequoyah (SP-426) , a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919 People [ edit ] Sequoyah (1767–1843), American Indian silversmith and inventor of

377-507: A variant of the Piper Aerostar, a light twin-engine utility aircraft Sequoia Falco , a light, acrobatic aircraft Sequoia Field Airport , near Visalia, California, US Toyota Sequoia , a sport utility vehicle USS Sequoia , several US Navy ships USS Sequoia (presidential yacht) , U.S. presidential yacht USS Sequoyah (SP-426) , a patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919 People [ edit ] Sequoyah (1767–1843), American Indian silversmith and inventor of

406-401: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sequoia [REDACTED] Look up Sequoia , sequoia , or Sequoyah in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sequoia , Sequoya or Sequoyah refers to a type of tree in the cypress family which includes the redwood trees . By extension

435-441: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Sequoyah Nuclear Plant The plant has two Westinghouse pressurized water reactors . Sequoyah units 1 & 2, as well as their sister plant at Watts Bar , both have ice condenser containment systems. In case of a large loss-of-coolant accident , steam generated by the leak is directed toward borated ice which helps condense

464-640: Is used in nuclear weapons and for various forms of research into nuclear fusion for commercial power production. TVA began irradiating tritium-producing rods at its Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in 2003. As of February 2007, TVA had no plans to produce tritium at Sequoyah. Sequoyah was Cherokee , part of the Overhill Cherokee , reportedly born in Tuskegee , a town at the confluence of the Tellico River and Little Tennessee River , upriver of

493-528: The Cherokee syllabary Johnny Sequoyah (born 2002), American actress Sequoia Holmes , American basketball player Sequoia Nagamatsu , American writer and professor Billy Ray Waldon , also known as Nvwtohiyada Idehesdi Sequoyah (born 1952), American former fugitive, American Indian Movement activist, and Esperantist Other uses [ edit ] Sequoyah (horse) , Irish Thoroughbred racehorse Secoya (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

522-472: The Cherokee syllabary Johnny Sequoyah (born 2002), American actress Sequoia Holmes , American basketball player Sequoia Nagamatsu , American writer and professor Billy Ray Waldon , also known as Nvwtohiyada Idehesdi Sequoyah (born 1952), American former fugitive, American Indian Movement activist, and Esperantist Other uses [ edit ] Sequoyah (horse) , Irish Thoroughbred racehorse Secoya (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

551-424: The Statistics Department of Stanford University Sequoia Hospital , Redwood City, California Sequoia National Park , a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada, California Sequoia National Forest , adjacent to the Sequoia National Park Giant Sequoia National Monument , monument administered as part of the National Forest Sequoia Park Zoo , in Eureka, California Sequoyah County, Oklahoma ,

580-530: The event of an emergency. Brown's Ferry, TVA's only other operating nuclear plant at the time, had been shut down in March 1985, due to safety concerns about a fire ten years earlier, and during this time, TVA was without nuclear power completely. On March 22, 1988, TVA was authorized by the NRC to restart both Sequoyah units. Both reactors returned to service later that year. The operating license of Sequoyah's Unit 1

609-411: The name may refer to: Science and technology [ edit ] Biology [ edit ] Sequoioideae , a three-genus subfamily of the cypress family Sequoia (genus) , a genus with one living and several fossil species Sequoia sempervirens , coast redwood, found along the coast of California and Oregon Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia), the sequoia tree found on

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638-662: The nuclear power plant. He is known for creating the Cherokee syllabary circa 1820. Many Cherokee sites were flooded during the TVA construction of Tellico Dam (1967-1979). Naming the site after a local Native American was considered a small political token to the Cherokee in compensation for the dam-flooding and destruction of their historic sites that TVA required to control flooding on the Tennessee River. The NRC defines two emergency planning zones around nuclear power plants:

667-461: The restart of Brown's Ferry Unit 1 , that plant became TVAs most productive at 3,440 MW. TVA constructed dry cask storage facilities at Sequoyah and purchased special storage containers for the purpose of storing spent nuclear fuel . The storage facilities have been approved by the NRC. Construction began on Sequoyah on May 27, 1970. Unit 1 was licensed by the NRC on September 17, 1980, and commercial operation began on July 1, 1981. Unit 2

696-494: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sequoia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sequoia&oldid=1230263301 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Plant common name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

725-494: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Sequoia . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sequoia&oldid=1230263301 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Plant common name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

754-408: The slopes of the Sierra Nevada of California Metasequoia , dawn redwood The Great Sequoia , a sequoia tree in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain Other science and technology [ edit ] macOS Sequoia , an operating system version 1103 Sequoia , a minor planet Sequoia (supercomputer) , an IBM supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, US HFS Plus ,

783-535: The steam creating a lower pressure, allowing for a smaller containment building . Sequoyah's two units have a winter net dependable capacity of 2,440 megawatts, making Sequoyah the most productive of TVA's three nuclear plants . Sequoyah is the second-most powerful power plant in Tennessee, after the Cumberland Fossil Plant northwest of Nashville, but actually generates more power. Following

812-490: Was licensed on September 15, 1981, and began operation on June 1, 1982. Sequoyah was the first new nuclear plant licensed after the Three Mile Island accident . On August 22, 1985, Sequoyah was shut down due to safety concerns. An independent contractor hired to analyze the safety systems of the plant had found that TVA lacked documentation proving that all of the plant's safety systems would function properly in

841-481: Was originally set to expire in 2020, and Unit 2's operating license in 2021. In 2015, the NRC renewed the operating license for both units for an additional 20 years. TVA's Sequoyah operating license was modified in September 2002 to allow TVA to irradiate tritium -producing burnable absorber rods at Sequoyah for the U.S. Department of Energy . The process of irradiating tritium-producing rods produces tritium, which

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