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It provides updated criteria and methods to calculate occupational radiation doses to demonstrate compliance with the NRC regulations and it reflects current generally accepted methods and procedures available for radiation protection. DATES: Revision 1 to RG 8.34 is available on August 29, 2022. ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2021–0217 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You may obtain publicly available information related to this document using any of the following methods: • Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC–2021–0217. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301–415–0624; email: Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. 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Regulatory guides were developed to describe and make available to the public information and methods that are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the agency’s regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating specific issues or postulated events, and data that the staff needs in its review of applications for permits and licenses. The NRC is issuing Revision 1 of RG 8.34 to describe an approach that is acceptable to the staff of the NRC for calculating the total effective dose equivalent as the sum of the effective dose equivalent (for external exposures) and the committed dose equivalent for internal exposures. In addition, it includes the following guidance: • performing prospective dose evaluations to determine the need for required monitoring to meet the occupational dose monitoring requirements of section 20.1502 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), • monitoring of unplanned, unintended doses, • monitoring dose from hot particles or contamination on or near the skin, • defining the term ‘‘dosimetry processing’’ and explaining when there are requirements for processing by an accredited National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program processor, • assessing dose from intakes of radioactive material by wound injuries, and • calculating soluble uranium intakes II. Additional Information The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG–8060 to RG 8.34 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21068A160), in the Federal Register on December 17, 2021 (86 FR 71676) for a 45-day public comment period. 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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[NRC-2021-0217]


Monitoring Criteria and Methods To Calculate Occupational 
Radiation Doses

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: Regulatory guide; issuance.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing 
Revision 1 to Regulatory Guide (RG) 8.34, ``Monitoring Criteria and 
Methods to Calculate Occupational Radiation Doses.'' This revised 
guidance is an approach that is acceptable to the staff of the NRC for 
monitoring and determining the dose to occupationally exposed 
individuals.
    It provides updated criteria and methods to calculate occupational 
radiation doses to demonstrate compliance with the NRC regulations and 
it reflects current generally accepted methods and procedures available 
for radiation protection.

DATES: Revision 1 to RG 8.34 is available on August 29, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2021-0217 when contacting the 
NRC about the availability of information regarding this document. You 
may obtain publicly available information related to this document 
using any of the following methods:
     Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2021-0217. Address 
questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; 
telephone: 301-415-0624; email: [email protected]. For technical 
questions, contact the individuals listed in the FOR FURTHER 
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this document.
     NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System 
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the 
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS 
Search.'' For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public 
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or 
by email to [email protected]. The ADAMS accession number for each 
document referenced (if it is available in ADAMS) is provided the first 
time that it is mentioned in this document.
     NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public 
documents, by appointment, at the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR), 
Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an 
email to [email protected] or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, 
between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through 
Friday, except Federal holidays.
    Revision 1 to RG 8.34 and the regulatory analysis may be found in 
ADAMS under Accession Nos. ML22132A083 and ML21068A161, respectively.
    Regulatory guides are not copyrighted, and NRC approval is not 
required to reproduce them.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Garry, Office of Nuclear 
Reactor Regulation, telephone: 301-415-2766, email: 
[email protected], and Harriet Karagiannis, Office of Nuclear 
Regulatory Research, telephone: 301-415-2493, email: 
[email protected]. Both are staff of the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Discussion

    The NRC is issuing a revision to an existing guide in the NRC's 
``Regulatory Guide'' series. Regulatory guides were developed to 
describe and make available to the public information and methods that 
are acceptable to the NRC staff for implementing specific parts of the 
agency's regulations, techniques that the staff uses in evaluating 
specific issues or postulated events, and data that the staff needs in 
its review of applications for permits and licenses.
    The NRC is issuing Revision 1 of RG 8.34 to describe an approach 
that is acceptable to the staff of the NRC for calculating the total 
effective dose equivalent as the sum of the effective dose equivalent 
(for external exposures) and the committed dose equivalent for internal 
exposures. In addition, it includes the following guidance:
     performing prospective dose evaluations to determine the 
need for required monitoring to meet the occupational dose monitoring 
requirements of section 20.1502 of title 10 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations (10 CFR),
     monitoring of unplanned, unintended doses,
     monitoring dose from hot particles or contamination on or 
near the skin,
     defining the term ``dosimetry processing'' and explaining 
when there are requirements for processing by an accredited National 
Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program processor,
     assessing dose from intakes of radioactive material by 
wound injuries, and
     calculating soluble uranium intakes

II. Additional Information

    The NRC published a notice of the availability of DG-8060 to RG 
8.34 (ADAMS Accession No. ML21068A160), in the Federal Register on 
December 17, 2021 (86 FR 71676) for a 45-day public comment period. The 
public comment period was scheduled to close on January 31, 2022, 
however, in response to a public request, the NRC decided to extend the 
public comment period until March 2, 2022 (87 FR 4059), to allow more 
time for members of the public to

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develop and submit their comments. Public comments on DG-8060 and the 
staff responses to the public comments are available in ADAMS under 
Accession No. ML22117A049.

III. Congressional Review Act

    This RG is a rule as defined in the Congressional Review Act (5 
U.S.C. 801-808). However, the Office of Management and Budget has not 
found this RG to be a major rule as defined in the Congressional Review 
Act.

IV. Backfitting, Forward Fitting, and Issue Finality

    RG 8.34, Revision 1, will provide updated guidance for reactor and 
non-reactor applicants and licensees regarding acceptable methods for 
calculating radiation doses. Issuance of RG 8.34, Revision 1 would not 
constitute backfitting, as that term is defined in 10 CFR 50.109, 
``Backfitting,'' and as described in NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.4, 
``Management of Backfitting, Forward Fitting, Issue Finality, and 
Information Requests''; constitute forward fitting, as that term is 
defined and described in MD 8.4; or affect the issue finality of any 
approval issued under 10 CFR part 52.

V. Submitting Suggestions for Improvement of Regulatory Guides

    A member of the public may, at any time, submit suggestions to the 
NRC for improvement of existing RGs or for the development of new RGs. 
Suggestions can be submitted on the NRC's public website at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/reg-guides/contactus.html. 
Suggestions will be considered in future updates and enhancements to 
the ``Regulatory Guide'' series.

    Dated: August 24, 2022.

    For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Meraj Rahimi,
Chief, Regulatory Guide and Programs Management Branch, Division of 
Engineering, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.
[FR Doc. 2022-18525 Filed 8-26-22; 8:45 am]
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