Section I - Purpose and Applicability


I.  PURPOSE AND APPLICABILITY


This Implementation Guide (IG) provides an acceptable methodology for
establishing and operating a program for calibrating portable
radiological survey instruments that will comply with U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) requirements specified in Title 10 of the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR), Part 835, "Occupational Radiation Protection" (DOE,
1993a); hereinafter referred to as 10 CFR 835. For completeness, this IG
also identifies applicable requirements and recommendations contained in
DOE Order 5480.11, as amended, "Radiation Protection for Occupational
Workers" (DOE, 1992), DOE's "Radiological Control Manual" (DOE, 1994;
hereinafter referred to as the RCM (with the associated numbers denoting
the article numbers)), and secondary documents (American National
Standards Institute (ANSI) Standards, etc.) invoked by the above
documents.  Appendix A of this IG provides a cross-reference of the
applicable material in 10 CFR 835, this IG, and the RCM.

This IG amplifies the regulatory requirements of 10 CFR 835, which are
enforceable under the provisions of Sections 223(c) and 234A of the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (AEC, 1954).  The requirements and
recommendations of the other DOE documents are enforceable through
contractual or administrative means.

Except for requirements mandated by regulation, contract, or
administrative means, the provisions in this IG are DOE's views on
acceptable methods of program implementation and are not mandatory.
Conformance with this guide will, however, create an inference of
compliance with the related regulatory requirements.  Alternate methods
that are demonstrated to provide an equivalent or better level of
protection are acceptable.  Contractors are encouraged to go beyond the
minimum requirements and to pursue excellence in their programs.

The word "shall" is used in this IG to designate requirements from 10
CFR 835, DOE Orders, the RCM, and secondary documents invoked by them.
The requirements of 10 CFR 835 are mandatory except to the extent an
exemption has been granted pursuant to 10 CFR 820, "Procedural Rules for
DOE Nuclear Activities" (DOE, 1993b) and are identified by a bolded and
underlined "shall."  Requirements taken from DOE Orders, the RCM, and
secondary documents are mandatory to the extent they are invoked by a
contract or through administrative means.

Those facilities not subject to the requirements of 10 CFR 835 should
substitute the corresponding DOE 5480.11 requirements.

This IG does not specifically provide require- ments for calibration of
installed instruments or low dose rate instruments (<0.1 mrad/h (1
micro-Gy/hr)); however, some of the included guidance may be applicable to
such instrumentation.  This IG also does not provide information on
outside interactions (accreditation activities) to maintain measurement
quality.

This IG is applicable to all DOE activities involving occupational
exposure to ionizing radiation of DOE employees and/or
DOE-contractor/subcontractor employees.