Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: edb75cf4-27e1-4166-989c-25781bd48b98
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Fire Protection Program for Nuclear Power Plants During Decommissioning and Permanent Shutdown (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2007/ML20078K920.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.191
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has established a safety guide and safety standards series that address good practices in aspects of decommissioning safety similar to certain elements and principles of this RG. Although the NRC does not endorse the following IAEA safety guide and report series, this RG generally incorporates similar guidelines and is generally consistent with the basic safety principles provided in them: • IAEA Specific Safety Guide No. SSG-47, “Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Plants, Research Reactors, and Other Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities” (Ref. 18) • IAEA Reports Series No. 77, “Safety Assessment for Decommissioning” (Ref. 19) These safety guides provide recommendations for performing a safety assessment for decommissioning nuclear power plants and using the assessment to support decommissioning operations. This RG discusses some of the same principles with respect to changes to a plant’s fire protection program. The NRC encourages licensees to consult the international documents above and implement the good practices, where applicable, that are consistent with NRC regulations. Documents Discussed in Staff Regulatory Guidance This RG endorses the use of one or more codes or standards developed by external organizations, and other third-party guidance documents. These codes, standards, and third-party guidance documents may contain references to other codes, standards, or third-party guidance documents (“secondary references”). If a secondary reference has itself been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations as a requirement, then licensees and applicants must comply with that standard as set forth in the regulation. If the secondary reference has been endorsed in a RG as an acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement, then the standard constitutes a method acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting that regulatory requirement as described in the specific RG. If the secondary reference has neither been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations