Washington Administrative Code › Title 246 - Health, Department of › RADIATION › Chapter 246-247 - Radiation protectionAir emissions › Section 246-247-130 - Appendix C - ALARACT compliance demonstration

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
Purpose.
An ALARACT demonstration is used for
				  inspection or audit purposes, and to demonstrate compliance with the
				  substantive ALARACT technology standard as required by this chapter. An ALARACT
				  demonstration is used to evaluate the adequacy of control technology on
				  existing emission units and to choose control technologies for proposed
				  nonsignificant modifications of emission units. The bases for the ALARACT
				  demonstration requirements are the ALARACT standards given in WAC
				  246-247-040 and the definition of
				  ALARACT given in WAC
				  246-247-030. It is the
				  applicant's responsibility to demonstrate the effectiveness of their ALARACT
				  determination to the department. The department may adjust this demonstration
				  procedure on a case-by-case basis, as needed, to ensure compliance with the
				  substantive standard.
Scope.
The ALARACT demonstration includes the
				  abatement technology and indication devices, from entry of radionuclides into
				  the ventilated vapor space to release to the environment. The facility shall
				  evaluate the existing control system in relation to applicable technology
				  standards, and other control technologies that have been successfully operated
				  for similar applications.
Technology Standards.
The ALARACT demonstration
				  and the emission unit design and construction must meet, as applicable, the
				  technology standards shown below if the unit's potential-to-emit exceeds 0.1
				  mrem/yr TEDE to the MEI. If the potential-to-emit is below this value, the
				  standards must be met only to the extent justified by a cost/benefit
				  evaluation.
ASME/ANSI AG-1,
Code on Nuclear Air and Gas
				  Treatment (where there are conflicts in standards with the other listed
				  references, this standard shall take precedence)
ASME/ANSI N509,
Nuclear Power Plant Air-Cleaning
				  Units and Components
ASME/ANSI N510,
Testing of Nuclear Air Treatment
				  Systems
ANSI/ASME NQA-1,
Quality Assurance Program
				  Requirements for Nuclear Facilities
40 C.F.R. 60 ,
Appendix A, Methods 1, 1A, 2, 2A,
				  2C, 2D, 4, 5, and 17
ANSI/HPS N13.1-1999,
Sampling and Monitoring
				  Releases of Airborne Radioactive Substances from the Stacks and Ducts of
				  Nuclear Facilities (for emission units constructed or significantly modified
				  after October 15, 2004).
The following standards and references are recommended as
				  guidance only:
ANSI/ASME NQA-2,
Quality Assurance Requirements
				  for Nuclear Facilities
ANSI N42.18,
Specification and Performance of
				  On-Site Instrumentation for Continuously Monitoring Radioactivity in
				  Effluents
ERDA 76-21,
Nuclear Air Cleaning Handbook
ACGIH 1988,
Industrial Ventilation, A Manual of
				  Recommended Practice, 20th ed., American Conference of Governmental Industrial
				  Hygienists
ALARA References.
"Health Physics Manual of Good
				  Practice for Reducing Radiation Exposure to Levels that are As Low As
				  Reasonably Achievable (ALARA)," PNL-6577, June, 1988; prepared for the USDOE by
				  Pacific Northwest Laboratories (Battelle Memorial Institute).
"A Guide to Reducing Radiation Exposure to As Low As
				  Reasonably Achievable (ALARA)," DOE/EV/1830-T5, April, 1980, R.L. Kathren and
				  J.M. Selby; prepared for the USDOE by Pacific Northwest Laboratories (Battelle
				  Memorial Institute).
"A Practical Method of Performing Cost-Benefit Analysis of
				  Occupational and Environmental Protective Measures," WHC-SA-0484-FP, March,
				  1989, G.F. Boothe and D.E. Webb; prepared for the USDOE by Westinghouse Hanford
				  Company.
Statutory Authority:
					 RCW
					 70.98.050. 04-18-094, § 246-247-130,
					 filed 9/1/04, effective 10/2/04. Statutory Authority:
					 Chapters
					 70.98 and
					 70.94 RCW and chapter 173-480 WAC.
					 94-07-010, § 246-247-130, filed 3/4/94, effective
					 4/4/94.