Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: edb75cf4-27e1-4166-989c-25781bd48b98
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Fire Protection Program for Nuclear Power Plants During Decommissioning and Permanent Shutdown (Rev. 1)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2007/ML20078K920.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.191
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a method acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting that regulatory requirement as described in the specific RG. If the secondary reference has neither been incorporated by reference into NRC regulations nor endorsed in a RG, then the secondary reference is neither a legally-binding requirement nor a “generic” NRC-approved acceptable approach for meeting an NRC requirement. However, licensees and applicants may consider and use the information in the secondary reference, if appropriately justified, consistent with current regulatory practice, and consistent with applicable NRC requirements. DG-1370, Page 7 C. STAFF REGULATORY GUIDANCE 1. FIRE PROTECTION PROGRAM 1.1 Objectives This RG describes a fire protection program that is acceptable to the NRC staff for meeting the requirements of 10 CFR 50.48(f) for fire protection for permanently shutdown nuclear power plants. Because of the dynamic nature of the decommissioning process, the licensee’s fire protection program should be reevaluated at least annually and revised as necessary to reflect the facility condition through the various stages of decommissioning in accordance with this RG. If a licensee chooses to use fire protection methods different from those discussed in this guide, the licensee should provide an equivalent level of fire protection. The licensee should demonstrate the equivalency of proposed alternative methods in an engineering evaluation. The fire protection program should address the following performance objectives: a. Prevent fires. Administrative controls and, where possible, physical features (e.g., barriers or other physical separation of combustibles from ignition sources) should be implemented to provide reasonable assurance that fires will not occur. b. Rapidly detect, control, and extinguish fires that do occur and could result in a radiological hazard. Appropriate levels of fire protection, including detection systems, automatic or manual fire suppression systems, water supplies, and