Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: b10297dd-9822-4243-8665-c41d92699ea5
Document Type: srp
Title: RISK-INFORMED, PERFORMANCE-BASED FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0925/ML092590527.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 9
Section ID: 9.5.1.2
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y requirements. Requirements The licensee’s FPP will generally be considered acceptable if it meets the applicable criteria established in the following: 1. General Design Criterion (GDC) 3, “Fire protection,” in Appendix A, “General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants,” to 10 CFR Part 50, which establishes the general criteria for fire and explosion protection of SSCs important to safety2 2. 10 CFR 50.48(a), which requires that each operating NPP have a fire protection plan that meets the requirements of GDC 3 3. 10 CFR 50.48(c), which incorporates NFPA 805 (2001 Edition) by reference, with certain exceptions. This regulation establishes the requirements for using NFPA 805 as an 2 GL 84-01 (Ref. 17) discusses the difference between “important to safety” and “safety related.” Important to safety includes all equipment in the GDCs. However, safety related is a subset of important to safety but only includes equipment that meets the definition. For example, offsite power sources are usually "important to safety" but not necessarily safety related. 9.5.1.2-4 Rev. 0 – December 2009 alternative to the requirements associated with 10 CFR 50.48(b) and Appendix R to 10 CFR Part 50 or the specific plant license condition 4. NFPA 805 (2001 Edition), which documents the consensus standard for RI/PB fire protection of existing NPPs, to the extent incorporated by reference by 10 CFR 50.48(c) 5. 10 CFR Part 20, “Standards for Protection Against Radiation,” which establishes the radiation protection limits used as NFPA 805 performance criteria, as specified in Section 1.5.2 of NFPA 805 6. 10 CFR 50.109, “Backfitting,” which requires a systematic and documented analysis of cost-beneficial backfits that the Commission seeks to impose SRP Acceptance Criteria Specific SRP criteria acceptable to meet the relevant requirements of the NRC’s regulations identified above are as follows for the review described in this SRP Section. The SRP is not a