Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 666e1303-0170-4974-a7d6-af27eb586524
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire Protection for Existing Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2104/ML21048A448.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.205
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NFPA 805 and other fire protection regulatory documents, and if these definitions are important to the licensing basis, licensees should use the NFPA 805 definitions. 3.1 Example License Condition As specified in 10 CFR 50.48(c)(3)(i), the license amendment request must identify any license conditions to be revised or superseded. NFPA 805 and 10 CFR 50.48(c) identify aspects of a performance-based FPP that the NRC must specifically approve through a license amendment. The NRC intends 10 CFR 50.48(c) to allow certain changes to be made to the FPP without prior NRC review and approval, once the NRC approves the transition to a performance-based FPP. The NRC intends to provide this flexibility to make certain changes without prior NRC review and approval in a license condition for licensees that make the transition to 10 CFR 50.48(c). An example RG 1.205, Revision 2, Page 18 license condition, which includes acceptance criteria for making changes to the licensee’s FPP without prior NRC review and approval, is shown below. The application of these risk acceptance criteria requires that the plant have an acceptable fire PRA that is in accordance with the guidance in Regulatory Position 4.3; refer also to Regulatory Position 3.2.4. (Name of Licensee) shall implement and maintain in effect all provisions of the approved fire protection program that comply with 10 CFR 50.48(a) and 10 CFR 50.48(c), as specified in the licensee amendment request dated ___________ (and supplements dated ) and as approved in the safety evaluation report dated (and supplements dated ). Except where NRC approval for changes or deviations is required by 10 CFR 50.48(c), and provided no other regulation, technical specification, license condition, or requirement would require prior NRC approval, the licensee may make changes to the fire protection program without prior approval of the Commission if those changes satisfy the provisions set forth in 10 CFR 50.48(a) and 10 CFR 50.48(c), the change