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Guide Number	Title	Rev.	Publish Date
8.1	Radiation Symbol (Withdrawn -- See 73 FR 53454, 09/16/2008)	--	02/1973
8.2	Guide for Administrative Practices in Radiation Monitoring	--	02/1973
8.3	(Withdrawn -- See 63 FR 2426, 01/15/1998) Revision 0 of Regulatory Guide 8.3, "Film Badge Performance Criteria," was published in 02/1973 and subsequently withdrawn on 01/15/1998	--	--
8.4	Direct-Reading and Indirect-Reading Pocket Dosimeters	--	02/1973
8.5	Criticality and Other Interior Evacuation Signals	1	03/1981
8.5	Criticality and Other Interior Evacuation Signals	--	02/1973
8.6	Standard Test Procedure for Geiger-Muller Counters	--	05/1973
8.7	Instructions for Recording and Reporting Occupational Radiation Exposure Data DG-8029, Proposed Revision 2, published 05/2005 DG-8007, Proposed Revision 1, published 11/1991	2	11/2005
		1	06/1992
		--	05/1973
8.8	Information Relevant to Ensuring that Occupational Radiation Exposures at Nuclear Power Stations Will Be as Low as Is Reasonably Achievable Draft OP 618-4, Second Proposed Revision 4, published 05/1982 Draft OH 507-4, First Proposed Revision 4, published 03/1979	3	06/1978
		2	03/1977
		1	09/1975
		--	07/1973
8.9	Acceptable Concepts, Models, Equations, and Assumptions for a Bioassay Program DG-8009, Proposed Revision 1, published 12/1991	1	07/1993
8.9		--	09/1973
8.10	Operating Philosophy for Maintaining Occupational Radiation Exposures as Low as Is Reasonably Achievable	1-R	05/1977
		1	09/1975
		--	04/1974
8.11	Applications of Bioassay for Uranium	--	06/1974
8.12	(Withdrawn) Revision 2 of Regulatory Guide 8.12, "Criticality Accident Alarm Systems," issued in 10/1988, was subsequently superseded by Regulatory Guide 3.71, dated 08/1998 (see details in Division 3)	--	--
8.13	Instruction Concerning Prenatal Radiation Exposure DG-8014, Proposed Revision 3, published 10/1994 Draft OP 031-4, Proposed Revision 2, published 08/1981	3	06/1999
		2	12/1987
		1	11/1975
		--	03/1975
8.14	(Withdrawn -- February 9, 2001) Revision 1 of Regulatory Guide 8.14, "Personnel Neutron Dosimeters," was published in 08/1977 and subsequently withdrawn on 02/09/2001	--	--
8.15	Acceptable Programs for Respiratory Protection DG-8022, Proposed Revision 1, published 07/1998	1	10/1999
8.15		--	10/1976
8.16	(Not issued)	--	--
8.17	(Not issued)	--	--
8.18	Information Relevant to Ensuring that Occupational Radiation Exposures at Medical Institutions Will Be as Low as Reasonably Achievable	1	10/1982
8.18		--	12/1977
8.19	Occupational Radiation Dose Assessment in Light-Water Reactor Power Plants -- Design Stage Man-Rem Estimates	1	06/1979
8.19		--	05/1978
8.20	Applications of Bioassay for I-125 and I-131	1	09/1979
8.20	Applications of Bioassay for I-125 and I-131	--	04/1978
8.21	Health Physics Surveys for Byproduct Material at NRC-Licensed Processing and Manufacturing Plants	1	10/1979
8.21		--	05/1978
8.22	Bioassay at Uranium Mills Draft OP 013-4, Proposed Revision 1, published 01/1987	1	08/1988
8.22		--	07/1978
8.23	Radiation Safety Surveys at Medical Institutions	1	01/1981
8.23	Radiation Safety Surveys at Medical Institutions	--	02/1979
8.24	Health Physics Surveys During Enriched Uranium-235 Processing and Fuel Fabrication	1	10/1979
8.24		--	11/1978
8.25	Air Sampling in the Workplace DG-8003, Proposed Revision 1, published 09/1991 Draft OH 905-4, Proposed Revision 0, published 10/1979	1	06/1992
8.25		--	08/1980
8.26	Applications of Bioassay for Fission and Activation Products Draft OH 714-4, Proposed Revision 0, published 08/1979	--	09/1980
8.27	Radiation Protection Training for Personnel at Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants Draft OH 717-4, Proposed Revision 0, published 08/1979	--	03/1981
8.28	Audible-Alarm Dosimeters Draft OH 804-4, Proposed Revision 0, published 08/1979	--	08/1981
8.29	Instruction Concerning Risks from Occupational Radiation Exposure DG-8012, Proposed Revision 1, published 12/1994 Draft OH 902-4, Proposed Revision 0, published 05/1980	1	02/1996
8.29		--	07/1981
8.30	Health Physics Surveys in Uranium Recovery Facilities DG-8026, Proposed Revision 1, published 09/2000 Draft OH 710-4, Proposed Revision 0, published 08/1980	1	05/2002
8.30		--	06/1983
8.31	Information Relevant to Ensuring that Occupational Radiation Exposures at Uranium Recovery Facilities Will Be as Low as Is Reasonably Achievable DG-8027, Proposed Revision 1, published 09/2000 Draft OH 941-4, Proposed Revision 0, published 08/1980	1	05/2002
8.31		--	05/1983
8.32	Criteria for Establishing a Tritium Bioassay Program Draft OP 713-4, Proposed Revision 0, published 06/1983	--	07/1988
8.33	Quality Management Program DG-8001, Proposed Revision 0, published 01/1990	--	10/1991
8.34	Monitoring Criteria and Methods To Calculate Occupational Radiation Doses DG-8010, Proposed Revision 0, published 02/1992	--	07/1992
8.35	Planned Special Exposures DG-8008, Proposed Revision 0, published 12/1991	--	06/1992
8.36	Radiation Dose to the Embryo/Fetus DG-8011, Proposed Revision 0, published 02/1992	---	07/1992
8.37	ALARA Levels for Effluents from Materials Facilities DG-8016, Proposed Revision 1, published 12/1995 DG-8013, Proposed Revision 0, published 10/1992	--	07/1993
8.38	Control of Access to High and Very High Radiation Areas of Nuclear Plants DG-8028, Proposed Revision 1, published 09/2005 DG-8006, Proposed Revision 0, published 10/1991	1	05/2006
8.38		--	06/1993
8.39	Release of Patients Administered Radioactive Materials Errata to Revision 0, issued 05/1997 DG-8015, Proposed Revision 0, published 06/1994	--	04/1997