NRC Generic Letter 79-70, Environmental Monitoring for Direct Radiation

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GL79070

UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555

December 21, 1979

TO ALL OPERATING LICENSE APPLICANTS

SUBJECT: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING FOR DIRECT RADIATION

By letter dated July 20, 1978 you were provided with the Radiological Assessment Branch Position on the radiological portion of the environmental monitoring program. The Branch Technical Position (BTP) was formulated by an NRC working group which considered the comments received on Regulatory Guide 4.8, "Environmental Technical Specifications for Nuclear Power Plants".

In letters dated July 26, 1978 and November 16, 1978 you were provided guidance and a submittal schedule which requested that effluent Technical Specifications be proposed to implement the requirements of the provisions of 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix I.

The NRC staff has recently completed a review of Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program Requirements and has revised the portion of the BTP concerning direct radiation measurements. A copy of the BTP (Revision 1, November 1979) is attached for your use and infomation. These revised requirements will be implemented in the licensing review of OL applicants and in the Radiological Effluent Technical Specification (RETS) update.

For near-term operating license applicants which have submitted RETS as re-

quested above, it is not necessary to supplement those submittals at this time, since the necessary changes will be made as the staff completes its review of your application. For other than near-term operating license applicants, this guidance will be incorporated by revision to the generic Standard Technical Specifications which will be applicable to your facility.

If you have dny questions, please contact us.

Sincerely,

Steven A. Varga, Acting Assistant Director for Light Water Reactors Division of Project Management

Enclosure:

Branch Technical Position, Revision 1

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