Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 239cc7c1-f2cb-46cc-945d-8009db28aa6c
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: General Site Suitability Criteria for Nuclear Power Stations + HISTORY - HISTORY 12/2023 – DG-4034 , Proposed Revision 4 12/2011 – DG-4021 , Proposed Revision 3 02/1995 – DG-4004, Second Proposed Revision 2 11/1992 – DG-4003, Proposed Revision 2 (Rev. 4)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML2312/ML23123A090.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-10
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Section ID: RG-4.7
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uents. Radiation doses associated with airborne radioactive materials from routine releases and anticipated operational occurrences must be ALARA and must comply with effluent concentration limits. In addition to meeting the NRC requirements for the dispersion of airborne radioactive material, the station must meet the State and Federal requirements of the Clean Air Act. 1.2.2.1 Relevant Statutes and Regulations • Clean Air Act; • 10 CFR 50.34, “Contents of applications; technical information;” • 10 CFR 50.34a, “Design objectives for equipment to control releases of radioactive material in effluents—nuclear power reactors;” DG-4034, Page 14 • 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix I, “Numerical Guides for Design Objectives and Limiting Conditions for Operation to Meet the Criterion "As Low as is Reasonably Achievable" for Radioactive Material in Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Reactor Effluents;” • 10 CFR Part 51, “Environmental protection regulations for domestic licensing and related regulatory functions;” • 10 CFR 52.17, “Contents of applications; technical information;” • 10 CFR 52.79, “Contents of applications; technical information in final safety analysis report;” • 10 CFR Part 20, Appendix B, “Annual Limits on Intake (ALIs) and Derived Air Concentrations (DACs) of Radionuclides for Occupational Exposure; Effluent Concentrations; Concentrations for Release to Sewerage;” • 10 CFR 20.1301, “Dose limits for individual members of the public;” • 10 CFR 20.1302, “Compliance with dose limits for individual members of the public;” • 10 CFR 20.1101, “Radiation protection programs;” • 10 CFR 100.21, “Non-seismic site criteria;” o 10 CFR 100.21(c)(1); and • 40 CFR Part 190, “Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Nuclear Power Operations” (Ref. 42). 1.2.2.2 Related Guidance • RG 1.23, “Meteorological Monitoring Programs for Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 43); • RG 1.145, “Atmospheric