Protecting People and the EnvironmentUNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
GL80100
UNITED STATES
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555
November 24, 1980
Docket No.
Plant Name: SEE ATTACHED LIST
TO ALL POWER REACTOR LICENSEES WITH PLANTS
LICENSED PRIOR TO JANUARY 1, 1979
The Commission published on November 19, 1980 (45 FR 76602), a revised
section 10 CFR 50.48 and a new Appendix R to 10 CFR 50 regarding fire
protection features of nuclear power plants. The revised Section 50.48 and
Appendix R will become effective February 17, 1981, which is 90 days after
publication. A copy of the Federal Register Notice is enclosed (Enclosure
1).
The provisions of Appendix R that are applicable to the fire protection
features of your facility can be divided into two categories. The first
category consists of those provisions of the Appendix that are required to
be backfit in their entirety by the new rule, regardless of whether or not
alternatives to the specific requirements of these Sections have been
previously approved by the NRC staff. These requirements are set forth in
Sections III.G, Fire Protection of Safe Shutdown Capability; III-J,
Emergency Lighting; and III-O, Oil Collection Systems for Reactor Coolant
Pump. The fire protection features of your facility must satisfy the
specific requirements of these three Sections by the dates established by
Paragraph 50.48(c), unless an exemption from the Appendix R requirements is
approved by the Commission. You should note the provisions for tolling the
time for completing the modifications required by these three Sections of
Appendix R set forth in Paragraph 50.48(c)(6).
The second category of Appendix R provisions applicable to the fire
protection features of your facility consists of requirements concerning the
"open" items of previous NRC staff fire protection reviews of your facility.
An open item is defined as a fire protection feature that has not been
previously approved by the NRC staff as satisfying the provisions of
Appendix A to Branch Technical Position BTP PCSB 9.5-1, as reflected in a
staff fire protection safety evaluation report. The fire protection features
of your facility that are in this category must satisfy the specific
requirements of Appendix R by the dates established by Paragraph 50.48(c),
unless an exemption from the Appendix R requirements on those features is
approved by the Commission.
Enclosure 2 is a summary listing of the open items concerning the fire
protection features of your facility based on a review of our records. Also
included is our position on the specific requirements that must be satisfied
in order to resolve these open items. If you have any questions or disagree-
ments with this enclosure, please advise us within 30 days of your receipt
of this letter.
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With regard to the fire protection modifications that have been previously
approved by the NRC staff, Paragraph 50.48(d) specifies a new schedule for
their completion. This paragraph, when it becomes effective, will supersede
the currently, effective section of the regulations that temporarily
suspends completion dates for previously approved fire protection
modifications that are given in facility license conditions (45 FR 71569,
October 29, 1980). The Commission expects that all such modifications will
be completed in accordance with this new schedule, unless an extension has
been requested and granted by the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation [see Paragraph 50.48(d)], or an exemption has been requested and
granted by the Commission pursuant to Section 50.12 of the Commission's
regulations.
If you have previously requested extensions of dates for completion of
modifications that are required by license conditions for your facility
which were not approved, and you have determined that these extensions are
still necessary and justifiable, it will be necessary for you to reapply for
any such extensions in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 50.48(d).
All requests for Commission action resulting from this rule are subject to
the schedule of fees specified in 10 CFR 170.21. If you have any questions
concerning the subject matters of this letter, please contact the NRC
Project Manager for your facility.
Sincerely,
Darrell G. Eisenhut, Director
Division of Licensing
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
Enclosures:
1. Notice - Fire Protection
Rule
2. Summary of Staff Require-
ments to Resolve Open
Items
cc w/enclosures:
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