Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 8e45dce1-e1e7-4415-b1dd-7e2a610e545b
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Fire Protection for Nuclear Power Plants (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2023/ML20231A835.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.189
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escribed and accomplished in accordance with documented instructions, procedures, and drawings. DG-1359, Page 27 c. Instructions and procedures for design, installation, inspection, test, maintenance, modification, and administrative controls are reviewed to ensure that the proper fire protection requirements are addressed, such as control of ignition sources and combustibles, provisions for backup fire protection capability, disablement of a fire protection system, and restrictions on material substitutions unless specifically evaluated. d. The installation or application of penetration seals, fire barrier systems, and fire-retardant coatings is performed by trained personnel using approved procedures. 1.7.3 Control of Purchased Material, Equipment, and Services The licensee should establish the following measures to ensure that purchased material, equipment, and services conform to the procurement documents: a. provisions, as appropriate, for source evaluation and selection, objective evidence of quality furnished by the contractor, inspections at suppliers, or receipt inspections; and b. source or receipt inspection, for those items that, once installed, cannot have their quality verified. 1.7.4 Inspection The licensee should establish and execute a program for independent inspection of activities affecting fire protection. The program should allow the organization performing the activity to verify conformance to documented installation drawings and test procedures. This program should include the following: a. inspection of installation, maintenance, and modification of fire protection systems or features; b. inspection of emergency lighting and communications equipment to ensure conformance to design and installation requirements; c. inspection of the installations of penetration seals, fire barriers, and fire-retardant coating to verify that the activity is satisfactorily completed; d. inspection of cable routing to verify conformance to design requirements;