Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: b10297dd-9822-4243-8665-c41d92699ea5
Document Type: srp
Title: RISK-INFORMED, PERFORMANCE-BASED FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0925/ML092590527.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.5.1.2
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quired by Chapter 3 of NFPA 805. The staff will review the LAR to evaluate the applicant’s overall approach to determining how its FPP complies with NFPA 805, Chapter 3 requirements. The approach in NEI 04-02, as endorsed in RG 1.205, is one approach acceptable to the NRC. Chapter 3 of NFPA 805 notes that alternatives to the fundamental FPP attributes of Chapter 3, which were previously approved by the NRC, take precedence over the requirements in Chapter 3. If the licensee references previous NRC approvals, including approved exemptions or deviations, the staff will ensure the licensee adequately demonstrated prior NRC approval. 9.5.1.2-10 Rev. 0 – December 2009 The documentation should contain justification of the prior approval and that any exemptions or deviations are still valid. [RG 1.205, Regulatory Position 2.3.1] III.2.1 Water Supply and Distribution 10 CFR 50.48(c)(2)(vi) modifies NFPA 805, Section 3.6.4 by not endorsing the italicized exception; i.e., a “provisional” manual fire fighting standpipe/hose station system may not be used in place of seismically qualified standpipes and hose stations unless previously approved in the licensing basis. Licensees who wish to use the italicized exception in Section 3.6.4 of NFPA 805 must submit a request for a license amendment in accordance with 10 CFR 50.48(c)(2)(vii). However, because the NRC considers seismically qualified standpipes and hose stations to be of such importance, the staff must ensure that the three criteria in 10 CFR 50.48(c)(2)(vii) are satisfied. Note that Appendix A to Branch Technical Position (BTP) Auxiliary and Power Conversion Systems Branch (APCSB) 9.5-1, “Guidelines for Fire Protection for Nuclear Power Plants,” dated February 24, 1977, makes separate provisions for operating plants and plants with construction permits issued before July 1, 1976, and does not require seismically qualified standpipes and hose stations for those plants. Therefore, the requirement in Section