N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 §§ 380-5.2

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 45, November 2, 2024

Section 380-5.2 - Compliance with dose limits for individual members of the public

(a) Each person subject to this Part must make or cause to be made, as appropriate, surveys of radiation levels in unrestricted areas in the environment and radioactive materials in effluents released to unrestricted areas in the environment to demonstrate compliance with the dose limits for individual members of the public established in section 380-5.1 of this Subpart.

(b) Surveys must show compliance with the annual dose limit in section 380-5.1 of this Subpart by:

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

(2) demonstrating that:

(i) the annual average concentrations of radioactive material released in effluents to air or water at the emission point or point of discharge do not exceed the values specified in Table II of section 380-11.7 of this Part; and

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

(c) Upon approval from the Department, a permittee may adjust the effluent concentration values in Table II of section 380-11.7 of this Part, for members of the public, to take into account the actual physical and chemical characteristics of the effluent (e.g., aerosol size distribution, solubility, density, radioactive decay equilibrium, chemical form). Nothing in this subdivision alters the requirements of section 380-5.1 of this subpart.

N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 §§ 380-5.2

Amended New York State Register April 25, 2018/Volume XL, Issue 17, eff. 5/10/2018