Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 16c1145e-ffe2-48c4-bd44-0ccaeb83dc99
Document Type: srp
Title: FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070563.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.5.1
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e Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant resulted in the loss of control capability for several systems necessary for shutdown of the reactor under normal and emergency conditions. Although the Browns Ferry Plant was ultimately brought to a safe shutdown with no DRAFT Rev. 4 - April 1996 9.5.1-6 radiological releases, the event identified numerous weaknesses and deficiencies in nuclear plant fire protection programs. The events associated with the fire at Browns Ferry culminated in the development of specific guidelines for implementation of GDC 3. These guidelines were issued as BTP APCSB 9.5-1 and Appendix A to BTP APCSB 9.5-1. The objectives of the BTP guidelines were to 1) identify and distinguish between those consequences of fire that are acceptable and those consequences that are not, and 2) provide necessary means to minimize all consequences of fire and to prevent unacceptable consequences from occurring. Reviews performed by the NRC of all operating plants to the guidelines of BTP APCSB 9.5-1 identified numerous issues and differences between the NRC and licensees regarding the implementation of fire protection guidance. The fire protection rule was developed to define the minimum acceptable fire protection requirements necessary to comply with GDC 3 and to resolve the outstanding issues and differences identified in the review of operating plant fire protection programs. BTP APCSB 9.5-1 has evolved with the promulgation of the fire protection rule and the development of other guidance. The BTP remains attached to the SRP, although the content has been significantly revised to incorporate the new requirements and guidance, and the title has been changed to reflect the appropriate review branch responsibility. Compliance with 10 CFR 50.48 provides assurance that the probability of fires occurring is minimized, and in the event that a fire does occur, appropriate fire detection and suppression capability is provided, and the SSCs important to safety are designed