Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 00cfac7a-08ef-4b05-af89-7afef7dcc2a1
Document Type: srp
Title: OPERATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML1315/ML13155A232.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 12
Section ID: 12.5
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elated radiation protection functions, in accordance with 10 CFR 20.1501. C. The counting room (low background) has the necessary instrumentation to perform routine counting on all plant radioactivity samples (e.g., water, air, swipes) in conformance with 10 CFR 20.1501 and with GDC 64 in Appendix A to 10 CFR Part 50. Counting room equipment normally includes the following: i. Radionuclide spectrometry equipment (such as a multichannel gamma pulse height analyzer). ii. Low-background alpha-beta proportional counter and gamma and alpha- beta scintillation counters. iii. End-window Geiger-Mueller type counter. D. The applicant’s program describes the criteria for selecting instruments for measuring radiation or radioactivity in accordance with 10 CFR 20.1501. The program includes a description of the following types of instrument functions and where appropriate, the related performance criteria: i. Portable low- and high-range ion chamber rate meters, capable of measuring with the appropriate margin, specified accident source term. ii. Portable beta-gamma counters. iii. Portable alpha counter rate meters. iv. Portable neutron dose equivalent rate meters. v. Fixed and portable air samplers for use with particulate filters and iodine collection devices (such as charcoal cartridges or equivalent filters) and airborne radioactivity monitors. vi. High-range instruments, including beta, photon and airborne activity, capable of measuring, with appropriate margins, the specific accident source term. vii. Fixed area monitors with local and remote readouts and alarm functions. viii. Instruments for releasing material from the radiologically controlled area, such as Small item contamination (i.e., box) counters. E. The applicant’s program describes the criteria for selecting the types and quantities of personnel monitoring equipment for use in measuring radiation or radioactivity, in accordance with 10 CFR 20.1501 and 20.1502. The program 12.5-12 Revision 5 – September