Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 05a851a6-07ff-41b4-8528-a032ba433e04
Document Type: srp
Title: FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0327/ML032740044.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.5.1
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.L of Appendix R as a requirement applicable to all plants, the Appendix, read as a whole and the Court of Appeals decision on Appendix R, Connecticut Light and Power, et al. v. NRC, 673 F2d.525 (D.C. Cir. 1982) demonstrate that Section III.L applies to the alternative/dedicated safe shutdown option under III.G.3 if and where the option is chosen by the licensee. Revision 4 - October 2003 6 resolved during the BTP review process, and agreements were included in the NRC-issued safety evaluation reports (SERs). By the late 1970s to early 1980, the majority of operating plants had completed their analyses and implemented most of the fire protection program guidance and recommendations specified in Appendix A to the BTP. In most cases, the NRC had found the licensees’ proposed modifications resulting from these analyses to be acceptable. In certain instances, however, technical disagreements between licensees and the NRC staff led to some licensees’ opposition to adopt some of the specified fire protection recommendations, such as the requirements for fire brigade size and training; water supplies for fire suppression systems; alternative, dedicated, or backup shutdown capability; emergency lighting; qualifications of penetration seals used to enclose places where cables penetrated fire barriers; and the prevention of reactor coolant pump oil system fires. Following deliberation, the Commission determined that, given the generic nature of some of the disputed issues, a rulemaking was necessary to ensure proper implementation of NRC fire protection requirements. In November 1980, the NRC published the "Fire Protection" rule, 10 CFR Part 50.48, which specified broad performance requirements, as well as Appendix R, “Fire Protection Program for Nuclear Power Facilities Operating Prior to January 1, 1979," to 10 CFR Part 50, which specified detailed regulatory requirements for resolving the disputed issues. As originally proposed (Federal Register, Vol. 45, No. 1&5,