NUREG-1537, Part 2 - NRC

CHAuM 11l
11.13 ALARA Program
Areas of Review
To evaluate the provisions at the'facility for maintaining worker and public doses
and radiological releases ALARA, the reviewer should verify that the applicant's
submittal includes, but is not limited to, the following:
* A description of the ALARA program for the facility.
* A description of the methods to establish and change policy for this
program, including the management level and authority by which the policy
is established.
* A description of how this program is implemented for all activities at the
facility to maintain radiation doses of all personnel and releases of effluents
to the unrestricted area ALARA. The description should include criteria
for considering economic factors in the ALARA analyses, for establishing
ALARA goals, and for revising or terminating a proposed activity.
Accepdace Criteria
Acceptance criteria for information concerning the ALARA program include the
following:
* The facility ALARA program should require that radiation doses received
by facility staff and the public are maintained as low as is reasonably
achievable, economic factors having been taken into account. The facility
should have established ALARA goals.
* The highest levels of facility management should be committed to the
ALARA program. (For universities, this commitment should come from
the upper university administration.) The commitment should be shown by
active management involvement in the program and should be clearly
stated in writing to all personnel.
* Supervisory personnel should be required to periodically review exposure
records for the personnel under their control to determine the trends and
factors that contribute to personnel exposures and the methods for
reducing exposure.
* Facility management should ensure that sufficient emphasis is placed on
and sufficient resources are given to ALARA considerations during design,
construction, and operation of facilities, in the planning and implementation
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