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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- 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 components necessary to achieve and maintain safe shutdown of the reactor are protected from the effects of fire. The substantive provisions of Appendix R, or portions thereof, may apply to plants licensed to operate after January 1, 1979, as incorporated in or provided for in the fire protection licensing basis for the individual plants. The following specific criteria provide information, recommendations, and guidance and in general describe a basis acceptable to the staff that may be used to meet the Commission’s fire protection requirements: 1. Regulatory Guide 1.174, “An Approach for Using Probabilistic Risk Assessment In Risk- Informed Decisions On Plant-Specific Changes to the Licensing Basis,” as it applies to the use of PRA in support of changes to the fire protection licensing basis for nuclear power plants. 2. Regulatory Guide 1.188, “Standard Format and Content for Applications to Renew Nuclear Power Plant Operating Licenses,” as it applies to fire protection program considerations for license renewal such as equipment aging issues. This Regulatory Guide endorses the guidance in Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) document, NEI 95-10, Revision 3, “Industry Guideline for Implementing the Requirements of 10 CFR Part 54 - The License Renewal Rule.” 3. Regulatory Guide 1.189, “Fire Protection for Operating Nuclear Power Plants,” which provides comprehensive staff positions and guidelines on fire protection for operating nuclear power plants. 4. Regulatory Guide 1.191, “Fire Protection Program for Nuclear Power Plants During Decommissioning and Permanent Shutdown,” which establishes the fire protection objectives and staff positions for implementing fire protection for those nuclear power plants that have submitted the necessary certifications