Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 96baa826-d3bb-478b-8f38-e74500f6d433
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: 06/2009 (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0911/ML091170109.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.21
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0.1302, the NRC establishes requirements for surveys in the unrestricted and controlled areas and for radioactive materials in effluents discharged to unrestricted and controlled areas. The purpose of these surveys is to demonstrate compliance with the dose limits of 10 CFR 20.1301, “Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public.” Although 10 CFR 20.1302(b)(2) provides a second method of demonstrating compliance with dose limits for individual members of the public, nuclear power plant technical specifications essentially require use of 10 CFR 20.1302(b)(1) to determine the total effective dose equivalent to the individual likely to receive the highest dose. This requirement is based on actual, realistic exposure pathways to a real individual. (See also Regulatory Guide 1.109, “Calculation of Annual Doses to Man from Routine Releases of Reactor Effluents for the Purpose of Demonstrating Compliance with 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix I” (Ref. 5) and Attachment 6 to SECY-03-0069, “Results of the License Termination Rule Analysis,” dated May 2, 2003 (Ref. 6)). Rev. 2 of RG 1.21, Page 3 In 10 CFR 72.44(d), the NRC establishes environmental monitoring requirements for each facility holding a specific license under Part 72 authorizing receipt, handling, and storage of spent fuel, high-level radioactive waste, and/or reactor-related greater than class “C” waste. This regulatory guide describes a method for reporting these results. The general design criteria, Criterion 60, specifies nuclear power units shall control liquid and gaseous effluents and handle solid waste for both normal and anticipated operational occurrences. The general design criteria, Criterion 64, specifies that a means shall be provided for monitoring effluent discharge paths and the plant environs for radioactivity that may be released during both normal and anticipated operational occurrences. The reports required under (1) Subpart M, “Reports,” of 10 CFR Part 20 (related to reports of