[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 10, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 10CFR20.1302]

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                            TITLE 10--ENERGY
 
                CHAPTER I--NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
 
PART 20_STANDARDS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST RADIATION--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart D_Radiation Dose Limits for Individual Members of the Public
 
Sec. 20.1302  Compliance with dose limits for individual members of 
the public.

    (a) The licensee shall make or cause to be made, as appropriate, 
surveys of radiation levels in unrestricted and controlled areas and 
radioactive materials in effluents released to unrestricted and 
controlled areas to demonstrate compliance with the dose limits for 
individual members of the public in Sec. 20.1301.
    (b) A licensee shall show compliance with the annual dose limit in 
Sec. 20.1301 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--

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    (i) 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 2 of 
appendix B to part 20; and
    (ii) If an individual were continuously 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 Commission, the licensee may adjust the 
effluent concentration values in appendix B to part 20, table 2, 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, 
chemical form).

[56 FR 23398, May 21, 1991; 56 FR 61352, Dec. 3, 1991, as amended at 57 
FR 57878, Dec. 8, 1992; 60 FR 20185, Apr. 25, 1995]