Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 45af6b56-d986-4eee-88d4-283b99c8b243
Document Type: srp
Title: OPERATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0707/ML070720017.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 12
Section ID: 12.5
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aluated by a processor accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP), as appropriate, in conformance with 10 CFR 20.1501(c). v. Provisions for bioassays (in vivo and in vitro as appropriate) and facilities capable of detecting intakes of expected radionuclides (e.g., mixed fission and activation products, tritium, and alpha-emitting nuclides) to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 20.1204 and Regulatory Guides 8.9, 8.20, 8.26, and 8.32 or to satisfy appropriate proposed alternatives. F. Utility-issued personnel protection equipment include the following: i. Anticontamination clothing. ii. Plastic suits for contamination control in wet work environments. iii. Head covers, shoe covers, gloves, face shields, and safety-related items (including provisions for personnel cooling in high-temperature work environments). iv. Pressure demand (e.g., full-facepiece) air line respirators. v. Pressure demand self-contained breathing apparatus. vi. Air purifying respirators (e.g., full-face negative pressure, powered air purifying). vii. Respiratory protection equipment and facilities that meet the requirements of 10 CFR 20.1703. viii. Work efficiency equipment (e.g., ice vests, air-supplied suits, or other heat stress coping equipment). G. At a minimum, the following radiation protection support facilities or areas will be provided: i. Portable instrument calibration and storage area. The latter should be easily accessible. 12.5-12 Revision 3 - March 2007 ii. Personnel decontamination area with necessary monitoring equipment. This facility should be located and designed to expedite rapid cleanup of male and female personnel and should not be used as a multiple-purpose area. iii. Facility and equipment to clean, sanitize, repair, and decontaminate personnel protective equipment, monitoring instruments, respirators, and associated equipment. iv. A change room for donning protective clothing (i.e., anticontamination suits) and storage of personal items.