Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 8e45dce1-e1e7-4415-b1dd-7e2a610e545b
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Fire Protection for Nuclear Power Plants (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2023/ML20231A835.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.189
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n addition to planned changes, nonconforming conditions may also require an evaluation. An FPP change is any change to plant hardware or plant program documents and procedures that affects the FPP. In addition to changes directly related to fire protection, this type of change may include plant changes that are not directly associated with the fire protection system or procedures but could, for example, affect the results of the post-fire, safe-shutdown circuit analysis. Another example of an FPP change is an in-situ condition (physical or programmatic) that is an FPP regulatory noncompliance or a fire protection licensing-basis noncompliance and which the licensee does not intend to correct through a plant or programmatic modification. DG-1359, Page 33 GL 86-10 recommends that licensees incorporate the FPP in the facility FSAR. Incorporation of the FPP and major commitments, including the fire hazards analysis, by reference in the FSAR places the FPP, including the systems, administrative and technical controls, organization, and other plant features associated with fire protection, in a status consistent with other plant features described in the FSAR. GL 86-10 further recommends the adoption of the standard license condition (see Regulatory Position 1.8.1.2 of this guide), requiring licensees to comply with the provisions of the approved FPP as described in the FSAR and establishing when changes to the program require NRC approval. The standard fire protection license condition recommended by GL 86-10 does not apply to the FPP for reactors that are licensed under 10 CFR Part 52. The change process for a combined license (COL) under 10 CFR Part 52 is described in 10 CFR 52.98, “Finality of combined licenses; information requests.” The staff notes that industry guidance document NEI 02-03, “Guidance for Performing a Regulatory Review of Proposed Changes to the Approved Fire Protection Program,” Revision 0, issued June 2003 (Ref. 48), can provide useful