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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as the following, should be maintained: • procedure revision • personnel training and qualification records • analytical results • audits • corrective actions • intermediate activities or calculations (as may be needed to validate or substantiate final results) • records of tracking and control (chain of custody) throughout all processes from sample collection through analysis and reporting of results, including unique identifiers, descriptions, sources, dates/times, packaging/preparation/shipping, and required analyses • field logs with sufficient information describing environmental conditions and recording related information and data documenting the nature of the sample and where and how it was taken DG-4010, Page 8 • laboratory notebooks recording related information and data, observations of analysts, and laboratory or other conditions potentially affecting the measurement process • electronic data collection and algorithms and QA documentation • calculations (including data reduction, analysis, and verification) • QC records for radiation monitoring equipment, including the results of RADIOACTIVE SOURCE checks, calibrations, INSTRUMENT BACKGROUND determinations, and maintenance activities affecting equipment performance • notifications to qualified staff that procedural changes affecting data quality have been made • QC records for laboratory counting systems and support instrumentation and equipment, including calibrations, maintenance or repair, QC sample results, and traceability of standards used for instrument calibration Records should be legible and identifiable, retained in predetermined locations, and protected against damage, deterioration, or loss. Records should be maintained in a format that is easily retrievable. If the media for storage is electronic (as opposed to paper or microfilm/fiche), the equipment necessary to read and present the data in an uncorrupted form should be maintained. The document retention