Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: a5cfec96-8785-464b-ada8-dc4424b90606
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Quality Assurance for Radiological Monitoring Programs
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0630/ML063060429.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.15
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cedures and equipment to address (among other things) building and process ventilation and offgassing, radioactive waste management, and environmental protection. In addition, 10 CFR 76.93, “Quality Assurance,” requires a QA program satisfying the applicable provisions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) standard NQA-1, “Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Nuclear Facilities (with Addenda),” issued 1994. Generic Letter 79065, dated November 27, 1979, regarding the NRC’s Radiological Assessment Branch Technical Position on Radiological Environmental Monitoring, provides guidance on the appropriate type of, and location for, sampling and monitoring the environment surrounding nuclear power plants. 2 While not specific to QA, other regulatory guides that address measurements of radioactive materials in effluents and the environment include the following: • Regulatory Guide 1.21, “Measuring, Evaluating, and Reporting Radioactivity in Solid Wastes and Releases of Radioactive Materials in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents from Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants” • Regulatory Guide 4.1, “Programs for Monitoring Radioactivity in the Environs of Nuclear Power Plants” • Regulatory Guide 4.14, “Radiological Effluent and Environmental Monitoring at Uranium Mills” • Regulatory Guide 4.16, “Monitoring and Reporting Radioactivity in Releases of Radioactive Materials in Liquid and Gaseous Effluents from Nuclear Fuel Processing and Fabrication Plants and Uranium Hexafluoride Production Plants” 3 The information collection requirements associated with 10 CFR Part 76 apply to a wholly owned instrumentality of the United States and affect fewer than 10 respondents. As a result, OMB clearance is not required pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.). DG-4010, Page 4 This regulatory guide presents more complete and extensive guidance on QA for facilities where radiological effluent or environmental