NAC459.3355. Compliance with dose limits for individual members of public.

     1. A licensee or registrant shall make or cause to be made surveys of radiation levels in unrestricted areas and radioactive materials in effluents released to unrestricted areas in order to demonstrate compliance with the limits specified in NAC 459.335 for members of the public.

     2. A licensee or registrant shall demonstrate compliance with the annual limits specified in NAC 459.335 by:

     (a) Demonstrating by measurement or calculation that the total effective dose equivalent to the member of the public likely to receive the highest dose from the licensed or registered operation does not exceed the annual limits; or

     (b) Demonstrating that:

          (1) 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 Appendix B; and

          (2) If a person were continually present in an unrestricted area, the dose from external sources would not exceed 0.002 rem in 1 hour and 0.05 rem in 1 year.

     3. Upon approval from the Division, the licensee may adjust the concentration values for effluents in Table II of Appendix B for members of the public to take into account the actual physical and chemical characteristics of the effluents.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 1-18-94)