Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 666e1303-0170-4974-a7d6-af27eb586524
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Risk-Informed, Performance-Based Fire Protection for Existing Light-Water Nuclear Power Plants (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2104/ML21048A448.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-05
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Section ID: RG-1.205
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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGULATORY GUIDE 1.205, REVISION 2 Issue Date: May 2021 Technical Leads: Charles Moulton and Shivani Mehta Written suggestions regarding this guide or development of new guides may be submitted through the NRC’s public Web site in the NRC Library at https://nrcweb.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/, under Document Collections, in Regulatory Guides, at https://nrcweb.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. Electronic copies of this RG, previous versions of RGs, and other recently issued guides are also available through the NRC’s public Web site in the NRC Library at https://nrcweb.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/, under Document Collections, in Regulatory Guides. This RG is also available through the NRC’s Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, under ADAMS Accession Number (No.) ML21048A448. The regulatory analysis may be found in ADAMS under Accession No.ML20231A891. The associated draft guide DG-1360 may be found in ADAMS under Accession No. ML20231A856, and the staff responses to the public comments on DG-1360 may be found under ADAMS Accession No. ML21048A449. RISK-INFORMED, PERFORMANCE-BASED FIRE PROTECTION FOR EXISTING LIGHT-WATER NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS A. INTRODUCTION Purpose This regulatory guide (RG) describes an approach that is acceptable to the staff of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to meet the regulatory requirements of Title 10, “Energy,” of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) section 50.48(c) (Ref. 1) and National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 805, “Performance-Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants,” 2001 Edition (Ref. 2), which is incorporated by reference in 10 CFR 50.48(c). Applicability This RG applies to reactor licensees subject to 10 CFR Part 50, “Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization