Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: eb3f5778-b26b-4ba0-9962-f7101bddfff7
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: (Rev. 3005)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0037/ML003739900.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.8
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.... .............................. 4.8-12 TABLE I Environmental Radiological Monitoring Program Summary ..... ............ 4.8-13 TABLE 2 Operational Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program ... ........... .. 4.8-14 TABLE 3 Detection Capabilities for Environmental Sample Analysis ... ............ .4.8-19 EXAMPLE I EXAMPLE OF A LIMITING CONDITION FOR OPERATION ..... ........... 4.8-20 EXAMPLE 2 APPENDIX I EXAMPLE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM ELEMENT ACCEPTABLE WORDING FOR SECTION 3.2, "RADIOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING," TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ...... , 4.8-21 .4.8-22 4.8-3 INTRODUCTION Section 50.50, "Issuance of Licenses and Con struction Permits," of 10 CFR Part 50, 'Lice;isii-g of Production and Utilization Facilities," provide6 that each operating license for a nuclear power plant issued by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will contain such cr-ditions and limitations as the Commission 'deerrig appropriate and necessary. Certain conditions and limita tions corresponding to key parameters of the NEPA environmental review are incorporated into facility operating licenses as environmental technical specifica tions. The applicant for an operating license proposes environmental technical specifications for its; plant; these are reviewed by the NRC staff, modified as necessary, and included as Appendix B of the operating license.*. This regulatory guide provides guidance to applicants on the preparation of proposed environmental technical specifications and includes a standard format and an identification of their principal content. Two examples of environmental technical specifications, one for a limiting condition for operation and one for an environ mental surveillance program, are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended for use as model technical specifications. On May 5, 1975, the Nudear Regulatory Commission published Appendix I, "Numerical Guides For Design Objectives And Limiting Conditions For Operation To Meet The