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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shes 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 areas meet the numerical limiting conditions for operation in Appendix I, to 10 CFR Part 50, “Numerical Guides for Design Objectives and Limiting Conditions for Operation to Meet the Criterion ‘As Low as is Reasonably Achievable’ for Radioactive Material in Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Reactor Effluents.” o 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix A, “General Design Criteria for Nuclear Power Plants,” Criterion 64, “Monitoring Radioactivity Releases,” establishes design criteria for monitoring the plant environment for radioactivity that may be released from the plant. o 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix I, “Numerical Guides for Design Objectives and Limiting Conditions for Operation to Meet the Criterion, “As Low As Is Reasonably Achievable, for Radioactive Material in Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Reactor Effluents,” Section B, provides the criterion that an appropriate surveillance and monitoring program be established to provide data on measurable levels of radiation in the environment. • 10 CFR Part 52 o 10 CFR Part 52.0, “Scope; applicability of 10 CFR Chapter I, provisions,” states that the regulations referenced in 10 CFR Chapter I are applicable to 10 CFR Part 52 licensees (e.g., 10 CFR Part 20). • 10 CFR Part 70 o 10 CFR 70.59, “Effluent monitoring reporting requirements,” requires licensees to provide information because the Commission may require them to estimate maximum potential annual radiation doses to the public resulting from effluent releases. • 10 CFR Part 72 o 10 CFR Part 72.104, “Criteria for radioactive materials in effluent and direct radiation from an independent spent fuel storage installations (ISFSI) or Monitored Retrievable Storage Facilities (MRS),” incorporates the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) standards