Models
This is a list of some of the computer models that can be used to determine compliance. You may request other methods that will need to be approved by the department.
RAE Guide: Demonstrating Compliance Using Computer Models (PDF)
RAE Guide: Calculating Radioactive Air Emissions from Annual Possession Quantity (PDF)
- AERMOD Modeling System: A steady-state plume model that incorporates air dispersion based on planetary boundary layer turbulence structure and scaling concepts, including treatment of both surface and elevated sources, and both simple and complex terrain
RAE Guide: Demonstrating Compliance By Using CAP88 Modeling (PDF)
- CAP88-PC: A modified Gaussian plume model to estimate the average dispersion of radionuclides
- COMPLY: A computerized screening tool for evaluating radiation exposure from atmospheric releases of radionuclides
Technical Standards and Resources
- ASME/ANSI AG-1: Code on Nuclear Air and Gas Treatment (where there are conflicts in standards with the other listed references, this standard shall take precedence)
- ASME/ANSI N509: Nuclear Power Plant Air-Cleaning Units and Components
- ASME/ANSI N510: Testing of Nuclear Air Treatment Systems
- ASME/ANSI N511: In-Service Testing of Nuclear Air Treatment, Heating, Ventilating, and Air-Conditioning Systems
- ANSI/ASME NQA-1: Quality Assurance Program Requirements for Nuclear Facilities
- 40 C.F.R. 60, Appendix A, Methods 1, 1A, 2, 2A
- 40 C.F.R. 61, Appendix B, Method 114
- ANSI/HPS N13.1: Sampling and Monitoring Releases of Airborne Radioactive Substances from the Stacks and Ducts of Nuclear Facilities
- ANSI N42.18: Specification and Performance of On-Site Instrumentation for Continuously Monitoring Radioactivity in Effluents
- Industrial Ventilation: A Manual of Recommended Practice, American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists
- Air Cleaning Systems in DOE Nuclear Facilities, DOE-STD-1269-2022, April 15, 2022
- Handbook for Use with DOE-STD-1269-2022, DOE-HDBK-1169-2022, April 15, 2022
- Health Physics Manual of Good Practice for Reducing Radiation Exposure to Levels that are As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA), PNL-6577, June, 1988; prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy by Pacific Northwest Laboratories (Battelle Memorial Institute).
- A Guide to Reducing Radiation Exposure to As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA), DOE/EV/1830-T5, April 1980, R.L. Kathren and J.M. Selby; prepared for the USDOE by Pacific Northwest Laboratories (Battelle Memorial Institute)
- Optimizing Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment for use with DOE O 458.1, ALARA Requirements, DOE-HDBK-1215-2014 Chg Notice 1, October 6, 2022
- A Practical Method of Performing Cost-Benefit Analysis of Occupational and Environmental Protective Measures, WHC-SA-0484-FP, March 1989, G.F. Boothe and D.E. Webb; prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy by Westinghouse Hanford Company