Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 377c2606-4b7c-4c7f-997d-37aed1680452
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: Performance, Testing, and Procedural Specifications for Thermoluminescence Dosimetry: Environmental Applications + HISTORY - HISTORY 10/2018 – DG-4019 , Proposed Revision 2 11/2014 – Periodic Review of Revision 1 – Revise (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 4
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1808/ML18087A169.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-4.13
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e in the unrestricted area and the controlled area of a licensed facility from direct radiation using environmental dosimetry. RG 4.13 endorses the American National Standards Institute/Health Physics Society (ANSI/HPS) N13.37-2014, “Environmental Dosimetry—Criteria for System Design and Implementation” (Ref. 1), which provides environmental dosimeter performance specifications, testing criteria and data analysis methods for passive environmental dosimetry systems, such as thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLDs) and optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters (OSLs). Applicability This RG applies to all facilities licensed under the following regulations. • Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 50, “Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities” (Ref. 2), • 10 CFR Part 52, “Licenses, Certifications, and Approvals for Nuclear Power Plants” (Ref. 3), • 10 CFR Part 70, “Part 70—Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material” (Ref. 4), and • 10 CFR Part 72, “Licensing Requirements for the Independent Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel, High-Level Radioactive Waste, and Reactor-Related Greater Than Class C Waste” (Ref. 5). DG-4019, Page 2 Applicable Regulations • 10 CFR Part 20, “Standards for Protection Against Radiation” (Ref. 6). o 10 CFR 20.1301, “Dose limits for individual members of the public,” establishes the dose limits for members of the public. o 10 CFR 20.1302, “Compliance with dose limits for individual members of the public,” provides acceptable methods used to demonstrate compliance with the dose limits. • 10 CFR Part 50, “Domestic Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities.” o 10 CFR 50.36a, “Technical specifications on effluents from nuclear power reactors,” establishes the requirement that licensees keep releases of radioactive material as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA) and establishes the expectation that radioactive materials released to unrestricted