Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 1c6bd8a3-6af8-4003-a672-742a629e42ee
Document Type: srp
Title: ASSURING THAT OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION EXPOSURES ARE AS LOW AS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1315/ML13151A061.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 12
Section ID: 12.1
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CFR 19.12 requires that workers who receive occupational exposure be kept informed of the storage, transfer, or use of radiation and/or radioactive material; receive instructions with the objective of minimizing exposures to radioactive materials or radiation and health protection problems, and explaining precautions or procedures and protective devices associated with each; receive instructions to observe the applicable Commission regulations; receive instructions to report violations of applicable Commission regulations; receive instructions in response to warnings; and be advised of the availability of radiation exposure reports. A specific requirement in 10 CFR 19.12 mandates that workers be instructed in precautions or procedures to minimize radiation exposure; therefore, 10 CFR 19.12 relates to the principle of keeping occupational doses ALARA and applies to SRP 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 have sufficient knowledge such that radiation doses associated with his or her work duties will be kept ALARA. Meeting these requirements will provide reasonable assurance that individuals exposed to, and handling, radioactive materials will perform their work duties in a manner that will keep occupational doses ALARA. 12.1-6 Revision 4 – September 2013 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 protection principles to achieve in occupational doses and doses to members of the public that are ALARA. The regulation in 10 CFR 20.1101(b) is the principal basis for requiring licensees to adopt a policy and establish procedures designed to keep radiation exposures ALARA; therefore, it directly applies to SRP Section 12.1. SRP Section 12.1 describes staff positions related to the design and operation of nuclear