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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s, and associated circuit identification and analysis methods. • GL 83-33, “NRC Positions on Certain Requirements of Appendix R to 10 CFR 50,” dated October 19, 1983 (Ref. 10), clarifies certain requirements of Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50 and the corresponding guidelines in NUREG-0800, “Standard Review Plan for the Review of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants: LWR Edition” (SRP), Chapter 9, Section 9.5.1.1 “Fire Protection Program,” that were not being interpreted correctly by some licensees (Ref. 11). Section 9.5.1 was issued as Section 9.5.1.1 to reflect re-numbering as result of issuance of the new SRP Section 9.5.1.2, “Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire Protection Program” (Ref. 12), in 2009. • GL 86-10, “Implementation of Fire Protection Requirements,” dated April 24, 1986 (Ref. 13), represents the staff’s assessment of questions discussed during 1984 workshops with industry on fire protection requirements and provides guidance on acceptable methods of satisfying the Commission’s regulatory requirements. • GL 88-12, “Removal of Fire Protection Requirements from Technical Specifications,” dated August 2, 1988 (Ref. 14), gives licensees additional guidance for implementing the standard license condition and relocating the technical specifications associated with fire detection and suppression, fire barriers, and fire brigade staffing. • Information Notice (IN) 99-17, “Problems Associated with Post-Fire Safe-Shutdown Circuit Analysis,” dated June 3, 1999 (Ref. 15), alerts addressees to potential problems associated with postfire safe-shutdown circuit analysis. • NUREG-0800, Chapter 9, SRP Section 9.5.1.1 focuses on deterministic FPPs. • NUREG-0800, Chapter 9, SRP Section 9.5.1.2 provides guidance on risk-informed, performance-based FPP licensing actions submitted pursuant to 10 CFR 50.48(c). • NUREG-1852, “Demonstrating the Feasibility and Reliability of Operator Manual Actions in Response to