12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-481-630 - Radiation protection programs
A. Each licensee shall develop, document, and
implement a radiation protection program commensurate with the scope and extent
of licensed activities and sufficient to ensure compliance with the provisions
of this chapter.
B. The licensee
shall use, to the extent practical, procedures and engineering controls based
upon sound radiation protection principles to achieve occupational doses and
doses to members of the public that are as low as is reasonably achievable
(ALARA).
C. The licensee shall
periodically (not to exceed 12 months) review the radiation protection program
content and implementation.
D. To
implement the ALARA requirements of subsection B of this section, and
notwithstanding the requirements of
12VAC5-481-720, a constraint on
air emissions of radioactive material to the environment, excluding Radon-222
and its daughters, shall be established by licensees such that the individual
member of the public likely to receive the highest dose will not be expected to
receive a total effective dose equivalent in excess of 10 mrem (0.1 mSv) per
year from these emissions. If a licensee subject to this requirement exceeds
this dose constraint, the licensee shall report the exceedance as provided in
12VAC5-481-1110 and promptly take
appropriate corrective action to ensure against recurrence.
Notes
Statutory Authority: § 32.1-229 of the Code of Virginia.
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