Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 05969442-49ea-4f4a-a9e2-de3a14628b5e
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Minimization of Contamination and Radioactive Waste Generation:  Life-Cycle Planning - HISTORY 07/2013 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – No issues identified
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0805/ML080500187.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.21
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Washington, DC, June 1986. 3 10 CFR Part 61, “Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste,” U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC. 3 All NUREG-series reports listed herein were published by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Most are available electronically through the Public Electronic Reading Room on the NRC’s public Web site, at http://www.nrc.gov/ reading-rm/doc-collections/nuregs/. Copies are also available for inspection or copying for a fee from the NRC’s Public Document Room at 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD; the mailing address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 20555; telephone (301) 415-4737 or (800) 397-4209; fax (301) 415-3548; and email PDR@nrc.gov. In addition, copies are available at current rates from the U.S. Government Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328, telephone (202) 512-1800; or from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161, online at http://www.ntis.gov, by telephone at (800) 553-NTIS (6847) or (703) 605-6000, or by fax to (703) 605-6900. Appendix A to RG 4.21, Page A-1 APPENDIX A EXAMPLES OF MEASURES TO CONTROL CONTAMINATION The measures that follow are intended to be examples of measures which should be considered to address the requirements of 10 CFR 20.1406. This listing is not intended to be complete and comprehensive, nor is it intended to be a checklist of minimally acceptable facility design features and operational procedures. A risk-informed approach (considering the kind of facility, materials and hazards involved) should be used by 10 CFR 20.1406 applicants when deciding on the extent to which the measures described in this guide would apply to a specific situation. A-1. Minimizing Facility Contamination To minimize facility contamination, 10 CFR 20.1406 applicants should consider the following specific measures (or a combination thereof): a. The interface between structures, systems, and components (SSC)