Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: b41776b4-3baa-48e2-8183-522a8ba8b076
Document Type: srp
Title: OPERATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1218/ML12186A007.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 12
Section ID: 12.5
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be used to specify utility- issued personnel protection equipment to be provided to minimize personnel contamination and minimize internal exposure in accordance with 10 CFR Part 20, Subpart H and the guidance contained in RG 8.15 and RG 8.8, including 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-face piece) 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. 12.5-13 Draft Revision 5 – October 2012 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. v. Control points for entrance into, or exit from, controlled access areas of the plant, condition signs, labels, and signals, in accordance with 10 CFR 20.1601, 10 CFR 20.1602, 10 CFR 20.1901, 10 CFR 20.1902, 10 CFR 20.1903, 10 CFR 20.1904, and 10 CFR 20.1905. vi. Storage and control capability for licensed