Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 9c59dff8-9325-43e2-8e81-843a0f6b4b2f
Document Type: srp
Title: and Regulatory Guide 1.189.
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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ve material releases. d. The shutdown/decommissioning fire protection program should describe the manual fire fighting capability for the plant. Manual firefighting capability should be provided by an on-site fire brigade and/or off-site emergency services. A fire emergency plan should be developed detailing the response to fire alarms and the responsibilities assigned to emergency response personnel. For operating reactors, early detection and application of manual suppression can be critical in minimizing the fire damage to safe shutdown systems that are necessary to prevent damage to the reactor core and subsequent releases of radioactive material. In comparison, the threat of fuel damage is reduced during decommissioning with the fuel stored in the spent fuel pool or other approved storage facility. Under these conditions of spent fuel storage, fire suppression response times may not be as critical. The necessary fire emergency response capability should be determined based on the fire hazards and the potential for those hazards to involve radioactive material. Revision 4 - October 2003 50 APPENDIX B: Supplemental Fire Protection Review Criteria for Advanced Reactors Many of the current fire protection requirements and guidelines for operating reactors were issued after the construction permits and/or operating licenses were approved by the Commission. The backfit of these requirements and guidelines to existing plant designs created the need for considerable flexibility in the application of the regulations on plant-by-plant basis. For advanced reactor designs, fire protection requirements, including the protection of safe shutdown capability and the prevention of radiological release, can be integrated in the planning and design phase for the plant. For applications submitted in accordance with 10 CFR Part 52, design elements of the fire protection program are addressed in the design certification process. In addition a design specific fire risk assessment in