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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ith the guidelines of Task Action Plan item II.D.3.1 and supplemented by NUREG-0761, including criteria, concepts, and implementation schemes to be included as part of operational radiation protection programs for power reactors. Technical Rationale24 The technical rationale for application of the above acceptance criteria is discussed in the following paragraphs.25 1. Compliance with 10 CFR Part 19, 19.12 requires that individuals that frequent or work in restricted areas shall be kept informed of radioactive materials and radiation; shall receive instructions with the objective of minimizing exposures to radioactive materials or radiation and health protection problems, precautions or procedures, and protective devices associated with each; shall be instructed to observe the applicable Commission's regulations; shall be instructed to report violations of applicable Commission's regulations; shall be instructed in response to warnings; and shall be advised of the availability of radiation exposure reports. Paragraph 19.12 includes the specific requirement that individuals who work in, or frequent, restricted areas be instructed in precautions or procedures to minimize radiation exposure and therefore relates to the principle of keeping occupational doses as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA) and applies to Section 12.1. With full knowledge of the hazards associated with the exposure and handling of radioactive material and the precautions that should be observed, the individual will be sufficiently knowledgeable such that radiation doses associated with his or her work duties will be kept ALARA. Meeting these requirements will provide a level of assurance that individuals exposed to, and handling, radioactive materials will perform their work duties in a manner that 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