[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 4]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR835.101]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                    CHAPTER III--DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
 
PART 835--OCCUPATIONAL RADIATION PROTECTION--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart B--Management and Administrative Requirements
 
Sec. 835.101  Radiation protection programs.


    (a) A DOE activity shall be conducted in compliance with a 
documented radiation protection program (RPP) as approved by the DOE.
    (b) The DOE may direct or make modifications to a RPP.

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    (c) The content of each RPP shall be commensurate with the nature of 
the activities performed and shall include formal plans and measures for 
applying the as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA) process to 
occupational exposure.
    (d) The RPP shall specify the existing and/or anticipated 
operational tasks that are intended to be within the scope of the RPP. 
Except as provided in Sec. 835.101(h), any task outside the scope of a 
RPP shall not be initiated until an update of the RPP is approved by 
DOE.
    (e) The content of the RPP shall address, but shall not necessarily 
be limited to, each requirement in this part.
    (f) The RPP shall include plans, schedules, and other measures for 
achieving compliance with regulations of this part. Unless otherwise 
specified in this part, compliance with amendments to this part shall be 
achieved no later than 180 days following approval of the revised RPP by 
DOE. Compliance with the requirements of Sec. 835.402(d) for 
radiobioassay program accreditation shall be achieved no later than 
January 1, 2002.
    (g) An update of the RPP shall be submitted to DOE:
    (1) Whenever a change or an addition to the RPP is made;
    (2) Prior to the initiation of a task not within the scope of the 
RPP; or
    (3) Within 180 days of the effective date of any modifications to 
this part.
    (h) Changes, additions, or updates to the RPP may become effective 
without prior Department approval only if the changes do not decrease 
the effectiveness of the RPP and the RPP, as changed, continues to meet 
the requirements of this part. Proposed changes that decrease the 
effectiveness of the RPP shall not be implemented without submittal to 
and approval by the Department.
    (i) An initial RPP or an update shall be considered approved 180 
days after its submission unless rejected by DOE at an earlier date.

[58 FR 65485, Dec. 14, 1993, as amended at 63 FR 59682, Nov. 4, 1998]