Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 05a851a6-07ff-41b4-8528-a032ba433e04
Document Type: srp
Title: FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0327/ML032740044.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.5.1
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these plants are modified from protection of structures, systems and components important to safety and necessary for safe shutdown, to minimizing the potential for fire induced release of radioactive materials that could result in a radiological hazard to the public, environment, or plant personnel. Guidelines for the review of fire protection for permanently shutdown plants are provided in Appendix A to this BTP. Section B, Background, of this guide provides a brief history and discussion of the development and application of fire protection regulations and guidelines in the U.S. commercial nuclear power industry. The discussion includes summaries of the applicable regulations, the primary fire protection objectives, the varied licensing and design bases, and the primary assumptions relative to postulated fire events for nuclear power reactors. Section C, Fire Protection Program Review Guidelines, provides guidance for review of fire protection programs, and the elements thereof, that are considered to provide an acceptable level of fire protection for nuclear power plants. The guidance provided is a compilation of the fire protection requirements and guidelines from the existing regulations and staff guidance and not all of these guidelines may be applicable to the type or scope of review (e.g., operating reactor, license renewal, new application, plant shutdown and/or decommissioning). The guidelines in Section C follow closely the content of Regulatory Guide 1.189 for operating nuclear power plants, which provides comprehensive guidance for nuclear plant fire protection programs. Not all of the information, criteria and guidance will apply to a given review and therefore, it is the reviewer’s responsibility to select the information applicable to the scope of Revision 4 - October 2003 4 review. The appendices to this BTP provide additional review guidance for specific, unique, or expanded fire protection program criteria. Section D, Glossary, contains terms