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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��The licensee shall revise the plan as appropriate throughout the various stages of facility decommissioning.” Under 10 CFR 50.48(f)(3), licensees may make changes to their fire protection programs without NRC approval if the “changes do not reduce the effectiveness of fire protection for facilities, systems, and equipment that could result in a radiological hazard, taking into account the decommissioning plant conditions and activities.” Initially, with spent fuel removed from the reactor and stored in the spent fuel pool, a decommissioning fire protection program should ensure that the probability of fires affecting the remaining spent fuel or other radiological hazards is minimized and that the consequences of fires, should they occur, are adequately mitigated. As decommissioning progresses and the spent fuel is moved to an ISFSI or a permanent repository, the fire protection requirements for the plant may be scaled down in accordance with the diminishing radiological hazard. However, even in the absence of spent fuel in the spent fuel pool, a fire protection program that ensures adequate protection from the fire-induced release of radioactive material from contaminated plant areas DG-1370, Page 9 and combustible wastes should be maintained. The decommissioning fire protection program described in this RG is limited to decommissioning activities associated with the radiological hazards present in the plant or in the ancillary facilities (e.g., onsite waste storage) that directly support the decommissioning process. Under 10 CFR 50.48, the licensee must maintain a fire protection program until the 10 CFR Part 50 license is terminated and the site is released for restricted or unrestricted use. The operating license cannot be terminated until the licensee has demonstrated to the NRC that it has met the applicable regulatory criteria for site release. The licensee must demonstrate that the facility has been radiologically decontaminated in accordance with the