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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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 5. Fire Prevention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 6. Fire Detection and Suppression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 7. Building Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 8. Fire Protection of Areas Important to Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 9. Special Hazards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 D. GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 E. REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 APPENDIX A: Supplemental Fire Protection Review Criteria for Shutdown and Decommissioned Reactors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 APPENDIX B: Supplemental Fire Protection Review Criteria for Advanced Reactors . . . . . . . 51 APPENDIX C: Supplemental Fire Protection Review Criteria for License Renewal . . . . . . . . . 54 APPENDIX D: Supplemental Fire Protection Review Criteria for Fire Probabilistic Risk Assessments (PRA) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 APPENDIX E: Supplemental Fire Protection Review Criteria for Power Uprates . . . . . . . . . . 59 Revision 4 - October 2003 3 A. INTRODUCTION The primary objective of the fire protection program at U.S. nuclear plants is to minimize both the probability of occurrence and the consequences of fire. To meet these objectives, the fire protection programs are designed to provide reasonable assurance, through defense-in-depth, that a fire will not