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Shield Test Program for Evaluation of Installed Biological Shielding in Research and Training Reactors
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May 1973 U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION

REGU LATORY GUIDE

DIRECTORATE OF REGULATORY STANDARDS

REGULATORY GUIDE 2.1 SHIELD TEST PROGRAM FOR

EVALUATION OF INSTALLED BIOLOGICAL SHIELDING

IN RESEARCH AND TRAINING REACTORS

A. INTRODUCTION

installed biological shielding in research and training reactors subject to the following:

Subdivision (bX6) (iii) of section 50.34, "Contents

1. Section 3.2.4 of ANSI 18.9-1972 defines accessible of applications: technical information," of 10 CFR Part areas, controlled areas, and unlimited access areag.

50, "Licensing of Production and Utilization Facilities,"

Section 3.2.5 defines Maximum Permissible Dose rate.

requires an applicant for a license to include in his final Nothing in these paragraphs should imply that exposures safety analysis report plans for preoperational testing need not be controlled to the requirements of 10 CFR

and initial operation. This regulatory guide describes a Part 20, "Standards for Protection Against Radiation."

shield test program that is generally acceptable for evaluation of installed biological shielding in research 2. Section 5.2 of ANSI 18.9-1972 states that and training reactors.

procedures for implementing the minimum shield test program shall be prepared. These procedures should be

B. DISCUSSION

designed so that exposures to personnel performing the Subcominittee ANS 6, Shielding, of the American test program are as low as practicable. These procedures Nuclear Society Standards Committee has developed a should also be designed so that safety hazards to standard that describes an operational shield test personnel performing the shield test program are program which may be used in evaluating the iilstalled properly identified. For example, gas ;nonitoring should biological shielding in research and training reactors. be required where gases or vapors could affect the This standard was approved by the American National accessibility of an area.

Standards Committee Ni 8, Nuclear Design Criteria, and its Secretarial. It was subsequently approved and 3. Section 6 of ANSI N18.9-1972 specifies tests that designated ANSI N18.9-1972 by the American National should be conducted for evaluation of installed Standards Institute (ANSI) on September 15, 1972. biological shielding. This section further specifies use of survey meters when conducting the required test

s. The

C. REGULATORY POSITION

shield test program should also include provisions for gamma and neutron film mapping of critical areas where The requirements and guidelines contained in ANSI

personnel exposure may occur due to streaming, cracks, N18.9-1972, "Program for Testing Biological Shielding or gaps in the shielding too small to detect by survey meters, e.g.. areas in the vicinity of beam holes, in Nuclear Reactor Plants,"' approved September 15.

irradiation ports, or shielding areas directly aligned with

1972, are generally acceptable and. with due the core.

consideration for the unique characteristics of each research and training reactor, provide an adequate basis

4. Section 9 of ANSI N18.9-1972 states that for conducting a shield test program during instruments used in carrying out the minimum shield preoperational and startup testing for evaluation of test program shall have been calibrated prior to use in the test program and immediately after each survey. The

'Copies may be obtained from American Nuclear Society, shield test program should also include provisions for

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calibrating #1 radiation survey monitors (both portable these requirements, a survey instrument's range should and installed) aainsl a source emitting radiation of be consistent with the actual dose range expected. For approximrnly the tane type and intensity as that measurements conducted while a reactortis operating in eipected to be neasured during the survey. the pulsed mode, appropriate instrumentation, such as film packets, which will properly respond to and

5. Seitions 9.2 and 9.3 of ANSI 18.9.1972 provide measure radiation during the pulsed mode of operation requirements for survey instruments. In addition to should be provided.

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