804: Standard for Fire Protection for Advanced Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants

Stay up-to-date with advanced light water reactor electric generating plant fire protection with NFPA 804, 2020 edition.

Fire represents one of the largest single contributors to the possibility of reactor damage in the United States and around the world. NFPA 804, Standard for Fire Protection for Advanced Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants, provides comprehensive fire safety criteria specific to designing, constructing, operating, and regulating these types of nuclear facilities.

The standard offers a prescriptive-based approach to fire protection and safety based on the principle of defense-in-depth. NFPA 804 intends to help prevent switchgear fires and the potential of other cataclysmic events for the continuous safe operation of advanced light water reactor electric generating plants.

The document offers requirements for helping to:

• Ensure the reactor is safely shut down
• Curtail the escape of radioactive materials
• Protect on-site workers
• Minimize facility damages
• Maintain continuity of operation

The 2020 edition features updates that can impact your work and ability to maintain compliance.

This standard is an essential resource for engineers, plant managers, fire policy leaders, and any personnel responsible for helping to safeguard advanced light water reactor electric generating plants.

Significant revisions to the 2020 NFPA 804 include:

• Several changes to comply with the Manual of Style for NFPA^® Technical Committee Documents and to align terms with other NFPA documents dealing with nuclear facilities, such NFPA 801, NFPA 805, and NFPA 806
• New recommendation to use NFPA 4, Standard for Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety System Testing, to test integrated fire protection systems added in Annex A, Chapter 5, to help assure proper operation of all plant systems
• Inclusion of additional consideration criteria that align with NFPA 801, Standard for Fire Protection for Facilities Handling Radioactive Materials, to help ensure the proper selection of an extinguishing agent
• Addition of language from NFPA 101^®, Life Safety Code^®, incorporated into the standard to more clearly identify materials that should be considered limited-combustible

Answer the need for increased fire protection in nuclear power facilities with the latest information and guidance.

Make sure you and your team are referencing the consensus of baseline fire protection requirements for all aspects of advanced light water reactor electric generating plants. Order your copy of NFPA 804, Standard for Fire Protection for Advanced Light Water Reactor Electric Generating Plants, 2020 edition.