Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 336 - RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCE RULES
Subchapter D - STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION
Section 336.314 - Compliance with Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public

Universal Citation: 30 TX Admin Code § 336.314

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

(a) The licensee shall make or cause to be made, as appropriate, surveys of radiation levels in unrestricted areas and radioactive materials in effluents released to unrestricted areas to demonstrate compliance with the dose limits for individual members of the public in § 336.313 of this title (relating to Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public).

(b) A licensee shall show compliance with the annual dose limit in § 336.313 of this title by:

(1) demonstrating by measurement or calculation that the total effective dose equivalent to the individual likely to receive the highest dose from the licensed operation does not exceed the annual dose limit; or

(2) demonstrating that:
(A) the annual average concentrations of radioactive material released in gaseous and liquid effluents at the boundary of the unrestricted area do not exceed the values specified in Table II of §336.359, Appendix B, of this title (relating to Annual Limits on Intake (ALI) and Derived Air Concentrations (DAC) of Radionuclides for Occupational Exposure; Effluent Concentrations; Concentrations for Release to Sanitary Sewerage); and

(B) if an individual were continually present in an unrestricted area, the dose from external sources would not exceed 0.002 rem (0.02 millisievert) in an hour and 0.05 rem (0.5 millisievert) in a year.

(c) Upon approval in the license by the commission, the licensee may adjust the effluent concentration values in §336.359, Appendix B, Table II, of this title for members of the public, to take into account the actual physical and chemical characteristics of the effluents (e.g., aerosol size distribution, solubility, density, radioactive decay equilibrium, and chemical form).

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