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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exceptions, modifications, and supplementation, National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) Standard 805, “Performance- Based Standard for Fire Protection for Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants” (Ref. 8), and allows licensees to voluntarily adopt and maintain a fire protection program that meets the requirements of NFPA 805 as an alternative to meeting the requirements of 10 CFR 50.48(b) or plant-specific fire protection license conditions. o 10 CFR 50.48(f) requires licensees that have certified the permanent cessation of operations and the removal of fuel from the reactor vessel under 10 CFR 50.82(a)(1) to maintain a fire protection program to address the potential for fires that could cause the release or spread of radioactive materials (i.e., result in a radiological hazard). A fire protection program that complies with NFPA 805 is deemed to be acceptable for complying with the requirements of 50.48(f). Related Guidance • RG 1.189, “Fire Protection for Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 9) provides guidance to licensees for decommissioning nuclear power reactors licensed under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 50. • RG 1.184, “Decommissioning of Nuclear Power Reactors” (Ref. 10), provides guidance to licensees for decommissioning nuclear power reactors licensed under the provisions of 10 CFR Part 50. • RG 1.185, “Standard Format and Content for Post-Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report” (Ref. 11), identifies the type of information that the post-shutdown decommissioning activities report (PSDAR) should contain and establishes a standard format for the PSDAR that the NRC staff considers acceptable. Purpose of Regulatory Guides The NRC issues RGs to describe methods that are acceptable to the staff for implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and to describe information that the staff needs in its review of applications for