Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 09787945-bba2-472c-b81f-1dceb55102f3
Document Type: srp
Title: ASSURING THAT OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION EXPOSURES ARE AS LOW AS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070615.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 12
Section ID: 12.1
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at will keep occupational doses ALARA.26 2. Compliance with 10 CFR § 20.1101(b) requires that the licensee use, to the extent practicable, procedures and engineering controls based on sound radiation protection principles that result in occupational doses and doses to members of the public ALARA. DRAFT Rev. 3 - April 1996 12.1-6 The regulation 10 CFR § 20.1101(b) is the principal basis for requiring licensees to adopt a policy and establish procedures designed to keep radiation exposures ALARA, and therefore is directly applicable to Section 12.1. SRP Section 12.1 describes staff positions related to the design and operation of nuclear plants including positions to maintain radiation doses in conformance with the ALARA principle. Regulatory Guides 8.8 and 8.10, which also cover ALARA principles, are referenced in the SRP. Collectively, the SRP section and the Regulatory Guides provide the management policy, design considerations, and operational considerations that, if followed, will meet the NRC requirements relative to ALARA. Meeting these requirements will provide a level of assurance that plant operations will result in occupational doses and doses to members of the public ALARA.27 III. REVIEW PROCEDURES The information furnished in the SAR is reviewed for completeness in accordance with Regulatory Guide 1.70. RABPERB reviews the management policy and the planned 28 organizational structure to determine how the guidance given in Regulatory Guides 1.8, 8.8, and 8.10 will be implemented, and considers any alternatives proposed. The review of organization structure includes a determination of whether the individuals responsible for the radiation protection program are on a high enough level of management to assure independence from operating pressures, and implementation of management's commitment for assuring that ORE will be ALARA and that radiation protection management has direct access to station management in radiation protection matters. Any concerns