Document: NRC Regulatory Guide
Document ID: 96baa826-d3bb-478b-8f38-e74500f6d433
Document Type: regulatory_guide
Title: 06/2009 (Rev. 2)
Source: NRC Regulatory Guide Division 1
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0911/ML091170109.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
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Section ID: RG-1.21
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These regulatory requirements, in conjunction with the regulatory positions provided in this guide, can be used as a basis for establishing the radiological effluent control program. The radiological effluent control program for a nuclear power plant has the following six basic objectives: 1. ensure that effluent instrumentation has the functional capability to measure and analyze Rev. 2 of RG 1.21, Page 8 effluent discharges, 2. ensure that effluent treatment systems are used to reduce effluent discharges to ALARA levels, 3. establish instantaneous release rate limitations on the concentrations of radioactive material, 4. limit the annual and quarterly doses or dose commitment to members of the public in liquid and gaseous effluents to unrestricted areas, 5. measure, evaluate, and report the quantities of radioactivity in gaseous effluents, liquid effluents, and solid radioactive waste, and 6. evaluate the dose to members of the public. The Annual Radioactive Effluent Release Report (ARERR), submitted before May 1 (unless a licensing basis exists for a different submittal date), and the Annual Radiological Environmental Operating Report (AREOR) submitted annually by May 15 (unless a licensing basis exists for a different submittal date), are used to demonstrate compliance with the facility’s technical specifications for the radioactive effluent control program. The reports demonstrate the following: 1. effectiveness of effluent controls and measurement of the environmental impact of radioactive materials, 2. compliance with the design objectives and limiting conditions for operation required to meet the ALARA criteria in Appendix I to 10 CFR Part 50, 3. relationship between quantities of radioactive material discharged in effluents and resultant radiation dose to individuals, 4. compliance with the radiation dose limits to members of the public established by the NRC and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and 5. compliance with the effluent