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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to the guidelines of Standard Review Plan (NUREG-0800) Section 9.5.1, which subsumed the criteria specified in Appendix R. In July 1981, the NRC issued a major revision to NUREG-0800 for use in review of new license applications. This 1981 revision included Standard Review Plan (SRP) Section 9.5.1 with Branch Technical Position CMEB 9.5-1 as an update to the earlier fire protection BTPs. This document is a revision to the 1981 version of the SRP. Following promulgation of 10 CFR Part 50.48 and Appendix R, the staff issued Generic Letter 81-12 (February 20, 1981) and later its associated clarification letter (March 22, 1982). In these letters, the staff identified the information necessary to perform their reviews of licensee compliance with the alternative or dedicated shutdown requirements of Section III.G.3 of Appendix R. Staff guidance provided in these letters defined safe shutdown objectives, reactor performance goals, necessary safe shutdown systems and components, and associated circuit identification and analysis methods. Generic Letter 81-12 also requested that technical specifications be developed for safe shutdown equipment that was not already included in the existing plant technical specifications. Most licensees requested and were granted additional time to perform their re-analysis, propose modifications to improve post fire safe shutdown capability, and identify exemptions for certain fire protection configurations. In reviewing some exemption requests, the staff noted that a number of licensees had made significantly different interpretations of certain requirements. These differences were identified in the staff's draft SERs and were discussed on several occasions with the cognizant licensees. These discussions culminated in the issuance of Generic Letter 83-33 (October 19, 1983). Revision 4 - October 2003 8 Certain licensees disagreed with, or found it difficult to implement, the interpretations provided in Generic Letter 83-33. To pursue the