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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of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) NQA-1, “Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Nuclear Facilities” (Ref. 46), or an alternative consistent with the general QA program requirements. The systems engineer should be knowledgeable in safety systems, operating procedures, and emergency procedures. The fire protection engineer (or engineering consultant) should meet the qualifications described in Regulatory Position 1.6.1.a. The fire protection engineer can be a licensee employee who has not been directly responsible for the site’s FPP for 2 out of 3 years. However, every third year, an independent fire protection consultant should be part of the audit team. This audit team approach will ensure that the technical and QA requirements are adequately assessed. Insurance company inspections do not satisfy the fire protection audit requirements because they do not evaluate plant FPPs against the NRC requirements, including the requirements for post-fire safe shutdown. If an insurance company develops an inspection that has the proper scope and the inspection team includes a person knowledgeable in nuclear safety, an insurance company may perform these audits in conjunction with a lead auditor from the licensee’s QA organization. The following paragraphs specify three distinct fire protection audits. Originally, licensees were required to incorporate these audits into their technical specifications, consistent with Standardized Technical Specification Section 6.5.2.8, Items h, i, and j. Some licensees may have elected to relocate technical specification requirements related to review and audit requirements to their QA plan. Incorporation of such requirements into the QA plan may revise the frequency of existing technical specification audits by implementing a performance-based schedule. DG-1359, Page 31 1.7.10.1 Annual Fire Protection Audit For those licensees who have relocated audit requirements from their technical specifications to the QA program, the annual