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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meets General Design Criterion (GDC) 3 and also provides general requirements regarding the content of the fire protection plan and the applicability of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, “Fire Protection Program for Nuclear Power Facilities Operating Prior to January 1, 1979.” 2. 10 CFR Part 50, §50.48(f) establishes the criteria for a fire protection plan for those plants that have submitted the certifications required for license termination under §50.82(a)(1). 3. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, GDC 3, “Fire Protection,” establishes the criteria for the fire and explosion protection of structures, systems, and components important to safety. GDC 3 also establishes the criteria for fire detection and fire fighting systems and the use of noncombustible and heat resistant materials throughout the unit. 4. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, GDC 5, “Sharing of Structures, Systems, and Components,” as it applies to shared fire protection systems and potential fire impacts on shared structures, systems and components important to safety. 5. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, GDC 19, “Control Room,” as it applies to providing the capability inside and outside the control room to operate plant systems necessary to achieve and maintain safe shutdown conditions. 6. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, GDC 23, “Protection System Failure Modes,” as it applies to safe failure states of the protection system when exposed to adverse conditions associated with fire events or inadvertent operation of fire protection systems. 7. 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix R, “Fire Protection Program for Nuclear Power Facilities Operating Prior to January 1, 1979,” which establishes the fire protection program requirements for nuclear power plants operating prior to January 1, 1979, subject to the Revision 4 - October 2003 9.5.1-5 provisions in §50.48(b). Appendix R establishes, along with other fire protection requirements, the requirement to demonstrate that one success path of structures, systems, and