Question 79: Many existing reactor Technical
Specifications require commercial power plant licensees to
provide statistical personnel dose summary to NRC annually.
The old Part 20 contained provisions for such reports, but
no corresponding requirement carried over to the revised
rule. Why?
Answer: The statement above confuses Technical
Specification requirements with Part 20 Requirements.
Under the old Part 20, power reactor licensees (and other
licensees) were required, by Part 20, to submit both annual
"statistical summary" reports (in accordance with 10 CFR
20.407) and "termination" reports (in accordance with 10
CFR 20.408). In addition to these two Part 20 reporting
requirements, power reactor licensees are required by their
Technical Specifications to submit annual reports that
include a tabulation of workers receiving exposures greater
than 100 mrem/y and their associated collective dose
according to work and job functions.
Under the revised Part 20, the statistical summary and
termination reports of the old Part 20 are eliminated and
replaced by a new annual report on the results of
individual monitoring of occupational exposure (10 CFR
20.2206). The revised Part 20 has no effect on the annual
report required by Technical Specifications. There are no
plans to change this reporting requirement in the Technical
Specifications. (References: 10 CFR 20.2206, Reactor
Technical Specifications)