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Occupational Health (Division 8): Regulatory Guides 8.21 - 8.40

This page lists the number, title, publication date, and revisions for each regulatory guide in Division 8, "Occupational Health," with references to draft guides and related documents (where applicable).

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Guide
Number		 Title Revision No. Issue
Date		 Additional Information
8.21 Health Physics Surveys for Byproduct Material at NRC-Licensed Processing and Manufacturing Plants

(Withdrawn -- See 89 FR 5, 01/02/2024)		 W 01/2024  
1 10/1979 Periodic Review – July 2023 - Withdraw

Periodic Review – March 2023
Revise
 
Periodic Review - October 2012 - Considerations
0 05/1978  
8.22 Bioassay at Uranium Mills 2 05/2014  
1 08/1988  
0 07/1978  
8.23 Radiation Safety Surveys at Medical Institutions

(Withdrawn -- See 83 FR 38729, 08/07/2018)

 W 08/2018  
1 01/1981 Reviewed in 2017 – Withdraw
0 02/1979  
8.24 Health Physics Surveys During Enriched Uranium-235 Processing and Fuel Fabrication 2 06/2012 Periodic Review 2022 – No Action
1 10/1979  
0 11/1978  
8.25 Air Sampling in the Workplace 1 06/1992 Reviewed in 2017 – No issues identified
0 08/1980  
8.26 Applications of Bioassay for Fission and Activation Products 0 09/1980 Reviewed in 2018 – Issues identified for future consideration
8.27 Radiation Protection Training for Personnel at Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Power Plants 0 03/1981 Reviewed in 2017 – Issues identified for future consideration
8.28 Audible-Alarm Dosimeters 0 08/1981 Reviewed in 2018 – Revise
8.29 Instruction Concerning Risks from Occupational Radiation Exposure 1 02/1996 Reviewed in 2017 – Revise
0 07/1981  
8.30 Health Physics Surveys in Uranium Recovery Facilities 1 05/2002 Periodic Review July 2019 – Considerations

Periodic Review April 2014 – Considerations

Periodic Review September 2011 – No Action
0 06/1983  
8.31 Information Relevant to Ensuring that Occupational Radiation Exposures at Uranium Recovery Facilities Will Be as Low as Is Reasonably Achievable 1 05/2002 Periodic Review
October 2022
Consideratons

Periodic Review
October 2012 – No Action
0 05/1983  
8.32 Criteria for Establishing a Tritium Bioassay Program 0 07/1988 Reviewed in 2017 – Issues identified for future consideration
8.33 Quality Management Program
(Withdrawn -- See 77 FR 33253, 06/05/2012) 		W 06/2012  
0 10/1991  
8.34 Monitoring Criteria and Methods To Calculate Occupational Radiation Doses 1 08/2022  
0 07/1992 Reviewed in 2017 – Revise
8.35 Planned Special Exposures 1 08/2010 Reviewed in 2015 – No issues identified
0 06/1992  
8.36 Radiation Dose to the Embryo/Fetus 0 07/1992 Reviewed in 2017 – Revise
8.37 ALARA Levels for Effluents from Materials Facilities 0 07/1993 Reviewed in 2018 – No issues identified
8.38 Control of Access to High and Very High Radiation Areas of Nuclear Plants 1 05/2006 Reviewed in 2016 – No issues identified
0 06/1993  
8.39 Release of Patients Administered Radioactive Materials DG 04/2023 DG-8061 - Proposed Revision 2
1 04/2020  
0 04/1997 Periodic Review May 2017 – Revise
 
Periodic Review November 2011 – No Action
8.40 Methods for Measuring Effective Dose Equivalent from External Exposure 0 07/2010 Reviewed in 2015 – Issues identified for future consideration
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