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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the dispersion of the effluent in the atmosphere and different water bodies. Note: The dose to occupational workers, including contributions from activities associated with effluent programs (such as low-level waste processing, storage and shipping, as well as dose from handling resins and filters for gaseous and liquid radioactive waste) is occupational dose associated with the licensed operation and is not included in RG 1.21. The NRC issues regulatory guides to describe to the public methods that the staff considers acceptable for use in implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, to explain techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific problems or postulated accidents, and to provide guidance to applicants. Regulatory guides are not substitutes for regulations, and compliance with them is not required. The methods and practices outlined in regulatory guides are one acceptable method for implementing the regulations. Nuclear power reactor licensees may continue to use Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 1.21, “Measuring, Evaluating, and Reporting Radioactivity in Solid Waste and Releases of Radioactive Materials in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents from Light-water Cooled Nuclear Power Plants,” issued June 1974, or may adopt other procedures or practices that provide for the measuring, evaluating, and reporting of radioactive material in liquid and gaseous effluents and solid waste. 2. Objectives of the Radiological Effluent Control Program The requirements for the radiological effluent control program appear in 10 CFR Part 20 and the technical specifications which are part of a license, including limitations on dose conforming to 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix I. In addition, a facility’s technical specifications describe specific requirements. These regulatory requirements, in conjunction with the regulatory positions provided in this guide, can be used as a basis for establishing the radiological effluent control program. The radiological