Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 13fda301-b942-4542-a493-fc1e4c60019b
Document Type: srp
Title: PROCESS AND EFFLUENT RADIOLOGICAL MONITORING INSTRUMENTATION
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0707/ML070710438.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 11
Section ID: 11.5
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nstrates compliance with the regulatory requirements and guidance noted above. The procedural details and programmatic elements of the REMP should be based on the guidance of NUREG-1301 or NUREG-1302, Radiological Assessment BTP (Revision 1, November 1979), and Regulatory Guides 1.21, 4.1, 4.8, and 4.15. The REMP should describe a process and methods for monitoring, sampling, and analyzing environmental samples representative of expected radionuclide distributions and concentrations in environmental media and associated exposure pathways. The REMP should identify the type, number, sampling locations, sample volume or weight, and sampling and analytical frequencies of environmental samples. The types of samples should include cow or goat milk and milk products, surface and ground water, fish and invertebrates, meat and poultry and meat products, fruits and vegetables, leafy vegetables, grains, other local food products, sediments and soils, and air. The selection of sampling locations and types of samples, including control sample locations, should be based on the results of a yearly land use census to ensure that changes in exposure pathways are identified and that modifications are made to the monitoring program to reflect such changes. In assessing direct external radiation exposures, the REMP should identify sources of radiation and radioactivity, such as tanks and equipment, waste storage buildings, and BWR turbine buildings; types of measurement methods used at each location; and locations of monitoring stations around plant facilities, including those used to monitor nearest dose receptors. The REMP should define the detection limits and reporting levels for all expected radionuclides and environmental samples and external radiation monitoring methods. The review evaluates information describing participation in an interlaboratory comparison program to assess the precision and accuracy of measurements of radioactivity in environmental samples as part of the