Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 7430ccb8-8ede-4728-a00e-5df7aa582412
Document Type: srp
Title: ASSURING THAT OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION EXPOSURES ARE AS LOW AS IS
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0523/ML052350111.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 12
Section ID: 12.1
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taff reviews radiation exposure trends periodically to determine major changes in problem areas, and to note which worker groups are accumulating the highest exposures. The staff uses these reports to 12.1-5 Rev. 2 July 1981 - recommend design modifications or changes in plant procedures. These practices conform with those in Regulatory Guide 8.8 and 8.10 and are acceptable. V. IMPLEMENTATION The following is intended to provide guidance to applicants and licensees regard- ing the NRC staff's plans f`6i using this SRP section. Except in those cases in which the applicant proposes an acceptable alternative method for complying with specified portions of the Commission's regulations, the method described herein will be used by the staff in its evaluation of conformance with Commission regulations. Implementation schedules for conformance to parts of the method discussed herein are contained in the referenced regulatory guides and NUREG's with the exception that NUREG-0761 shall be implemented at a later date in accordance with Commission direction. VI. REFERENCES 1. 10 CFR Part 19, "Notices, Instructions, and Reports to Workers; Inspections." 2. 10 CFR Part 20, "Standards for Protection Against Radiation." 3. 10 CFR Part 50, "Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities'. 4. Regulatory Guide 1.8, "Personnel Selection and Training." 5. Regulatory Guide.1.33, "Quality Assurance Program Requirements (Operations)." 6. Regulatory Guide 1.70, "Standard Format and Contents of Safety Analysis Reports for Nuclear Power Plants." 7. Regulatory Guide 8.8, "Information Relevant to Assuring that Occupational Radiation Exposures at Nuclear Power Stations Will be as Low as is Reason- ably Achievable." 8. Regulatory Guide 8.10, C.1, "Operating Philosophy for Maintaining Occupa- tional Radiation Exposures as Low as is Reasonably Achievable." 9. NUREG-0718, "Licensing Requirements for Pending Applications for Construc- tion Permits and Manufacturing Licenses." 10.