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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addition, 10 CFR 20.1101(d) requires licensees (other than those subject to 10 CFR 50.34a, “Design Objectives for Equipment to Control Releases of Radioactive Material in Effluents — Nuclear Power Reactors,” discussed below) to restrict releases of airborne radioactive materials so that the highest individual dose to the public will not exceed 0.1 mSv (10 mrem) per year. In addition, under 10 CFR 20.1101(b), licensees must apply AS LOW AS IS REASONABLY ACHIEVABLE (ALARA) concepts to doses to occupational workers and members of the general public. In accordance with 10 CFR 20.1302, “Compliance with Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public,” licensees must survey radiation levels to demonstrate compliance with the dose limits, and 10 CFR 20.1101, “Radiation Protection Programs,” requires licensees to develop, document, and implement radiation protection programs commensurate with the scope and extent of licensed activities and sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions of 10 CFR Part 20, “Standards for Protection Against Radiation.” For nuclear power reactors, 10 CFR 50.34a and 10 CFR 50.36a, “Technical Specifications on Effluents from Nuclear Power Reactors,” require ALARA concepts for operations to maintain releases of radioactive materials in effluents consistent with the guidelines of 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,” to 10 CFR Part 50. Licensees must also establish appropriate SURVEILLANCE and monitoring programs to provide QA with respect to (1) areas of equipment operation and (2) data on the quantities or concentrations of radionuclides released in liquid and gaseous effluents. These programs will help to ensure accurate projection of the levels of radiation and radioactive materials found in the environment. Section