The Department of Energys

1

• The Department of Energys
• Radiation Protection
• Guidance Documents
• Dr. Judith D. Foulke
• Office of Health, Safety and Security
• U.S. Department of Energy
• Radiation Protection Workshop
• November 27, 2007

2
Occupational Radiation Protection

• June 2007Amendment to 10CFR835
• Clarified requirements which apply to radioactive
  material transportation
• Excluded material, equipment and real property
  approved for release
• Established a threshold for recording bioassay
  results

3

• Updated dosimetric models and dose terms to be
  consistent with newer ICRP recommendations
• Updated radiation weighting factors
• Updated tissue weighting factors
• Updated DAC tables

4
Technical Standards

• Procedure for Developing a DOE Technical Standard
• Or Directive
• If a registered standard is to be updated, the
  preparing activity reviews the document and
  revises the material.
• This draft is reviewed internally by HSS staff.
• After changes are incorporated, the document is
  entered in to REVCOM system for review by subject
  matter experts.
• After comments are resolved. The document is
  issued as a revised standard.

5

• DOE G 441.1-1B
• Radiation Protection Programs Guide for Use with
  Title 10 CFR Part 835
• Occupational Radiation Protection
• Consolidated Guide
• In REVCOM
• Comments due 11/24

6

• DOE- STD-1098-99 Radiological Control Standard,
• Reaffirmation December 2004
• Radiological Control Manual
• Early 1990s
• Requirements document
• Radiological Control Standard
• July 1999
• Guidance document

7

• One of the oldest
• Specifies components of a radiation protection
  plan
• All 10CFR835 changes must be incorporated.

8

• DOE STD-1107-97 Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  for
• Key Radiation Protection Positions at DOE
• Facilities, Reaffirmation with Errata June 2005
• DNFSB Recommendation 91-06
• Recommendations for RadCon personnel
• Radiological Control Technician
• Radiological Control Manager
• Supervisors of the above
• Status
• Change Notice
• Completed
• Available

9

• DOE-STD-1121-98 Internal Dosimetry Technical
  Standard,
• Reaffirmation May 2003
• Program for Internal Dosimetry
• Bioassay
• Air monitoring
• Modeling
• Dose calculation
• Status
• Large number of changes
• Contractor support
• In REVCOM

10

• DOE-STD-1128-98 Guide of Good Practices for
  Occupational Radiological Protection in Plutonium
  Facilities, Change Notice 1 February 2005
• Status
• Needs significant work to update
• RWF, TWF, DCF and DAC
• Tables and Graphs
• Considerable information not available
• May change to inactive

11

• DOE -STD-1136-2004 Guide of Good Practices for
  Occupational Radiological Protection in Uranium
  Facilities
• Status
• Needsd significant work to update
• RWF, TWF, DCF and DAC
• Tables and Graphs
• Considerable information not available
• May change to inactive

12

• DOE HDBK-1106-97 Radiological Contamination
  Control for Laboratory Research, Reaffirmation
  January 2007
• DNFSB Recommendation 91-06
• Minor changes

13

• DOE-HDBK-1109-97 Radiological Safety Training for
  Radiation-Producing (X-Ray) Devices,
  Reaffirmation with Errata
• July 2002.
• Minor changes

14

• DOE - HDBK-1110-97 ALARA Training for Technical
  Support Personnel
• Some editorial changes
• In REVCOM
• Resolution 11/12

15

• DOE-HDBK-1122-99 Radiological Control Technician
  (RCT) Training, Reaffirmation November 2004
• Very large handbook
• Instructors Guide, Students Guide
• Dose terminology
• In REVCOM

16

• DOE- HDBK-1130-98 Radiological Worker (RW)
  Training, Reaffirmation May 2004)
• 10CFR835 requires radiological workers be
  properly trained
• 3-day course
• Updated dose terms
• Completed REVCOM comment resolution
• In concurrence phase

17

• DOE-HDBK-1131-98 General Employee Radiological
  Training (GERT), Reaffirmation April 2004
• 835 requirements
• 1-hr brief training for employees who may enter
  an area with radiological postings
• Some dose term changes
• In concurrence phase

18

• DOE -HDBK-1141-20, Radiological Assessor
  Training, Reaffirmation January 2007
• How to perform oversight of radiological
  activities
• In REVCOM

19

• DOE HDBK-1143-2001 Radiological Control Training
  for Supervisors, Reaffirmation January 2007
• How to supervise radiological workers
• and declared pregnant workers

20

• DOE- HDBK-1145-2001 Radiological safety Training
  for Plutonium Facilities, Reaffirmation
  January 2007.
• Training specific to plutonium facilities
• In REVCOM

21

• DOE HDBK-1113-98 Radiological Safety Training
  for Uranium Facilities, Reaffirmation April
  2005
• Specific to uranium facilities
• in REVCOM

22

• DOE- HDBK-1184-2004 Radiological Control Programs
  for Special Tritium Compounds
• DNFSB Suggestion
• Metal tritides
• Organically bound tritium

23

• Technical Position Papers
• 26 Technical Position Papers
• 04-01 Guidance on the Revision of Internal
  Radiation dose Estimates in Response to Updated
  Internal Dosimetry Methodologies
• 01-02 Acceptable Approach for Developing Air
  Concentration Values for Controlling Exposures to
  Special Tritium Compounds
• 01-01 Questions and Answers Concerning Acceptable
  Approaches to Implementing Bioassay Program
  Requirements

24

• Exemption Decisions
• 21 Exemptions in effect
• CH2MHILL Hanford Use of Units
• LMES Tissue Weighting Factors
• PNNL Use of Units
• SRS Tissue Weighting Factors

25

• Future
• 3 staff members
• Compliance due July 2010
• Planning on updated guidance by
• End of 2008