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DOE-STD-1136-2004

Guide of Good Practices for Occupational Radiological Protection in Uranium Facilities

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY

This Technical Standard (TS) provides operational guidance, practical lessons learned and

experience gained, guides to good practice, and reference information on the safe handling of uranium.

The TS provides information to assist uranium facilities in complying with Title 10 of the Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR), Part 835, Occupational Radiation Protection (10 CFR 835) (DOE 1998a).

This TS supplements the DOE G 441.1 series of Guides, DOE Orders, and DOE-STD-1098-99,

Radiological Control (RCS) (DOE 1999a) and has as its sole purpose the protection of workers and the

public from the hazards that are inherent in uranium storage, processing, and handling.

This TS replaces EGG-2530, Health Physics Manual of Good Practices for Uranium Facilities

(EGG 1988), providing more complete and current information and emphasizing situations that are

typical of DOE's current operations, including weapons assembly and disassembly, safe storage,

decontamination, and decommissioning (environmental restoration). This TS may be useful to health

physicists and other safety professionals. The information presented herein represents the best technical

information available from within the DOE complex. Except to the extent that the guidance presented

here is an exact quote from applicable regulations or contract requirements, it is not binding or

mandatory. However, judicious use of this TS, in concert with applicable regulatory documents, will

help in building a comprehensive and technically- defensible radiological control program.

Regulatory guidance and references are current as of October 2004.

1.2 DEFINITIONS

A glossary is provided in Appendix A. In all cases, the definitions provided in this TS are consistent

with those provided in 10 CFR 835, its Guides, and the RCS.

1.3 DISCUSSION

Chapters 2 through 10 provide technical information to assist in safely managing radiological

hazards associated with uranium operations. The topics covered are those considered by representatives

of many of DOE's uranium facilities to be most beneficial: Properties and Relative Hazards (Chapter 2),

Radiation Protection (Chapter 3), Contamination Control (Chapter 4), Internal Dosimetry (Chapter 5),

External Dose Control (Chapter 6), Nuclear Criticality Safety (Chapter 7), Waste Management (Chapter

8), Emergency Management (Chapter 9), and Decontamination and Decommissioning (Chapter 10).

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