ASTM E1819-15(2021)

Standard Guide for Environmental Monitoring Plans for Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 Use of this guide will ensure that the potential impact on the surrounding environment from planned decommissioning activities has been properly assessed.  
5.2 Use of this guide will ensure that the adequacy of environmental sampling has been assessed for location, frequency, analytical techniques, and media type to monitor the environment and to detect site-related releases and their impact.
SCOPE
1.1 This guide covers the development or assessment of environmental monitoring plans for decommissioning nuclear facilities. This guide addresses: (1) development of an environmental baseline prior to commencement of decommissioning activities; (2) determination of release paths from site activities and their associated exposure pathways in the environment; and (3) selection of appropriate sampling locations and media to ensure that all exposure pathways in the environment are monitored appropriately. This guide also addresses the interfaces between the environmental monitoring plan and other planning documents for site decommissioning, such as radiation protection, site characterization, and waste management plans, and federal, state, and local environmental protection laws and guidance. This guide is applicable up to the point of completing D&D activities and the reuse of the facility or area for other purposes.  
1.2 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 31-Jan-2021
• ICS: 17.240 - Radiation measurements
• ICS: 27.120.20 - Nuclear power plants. Safety
• Technical Committee: E10 - Nuclear Technology and Applications
• Drafting Committee: E10.03 - Radiological Protection for Decontamination and Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities and Components

Relations

• Refers: ASTM E668-20 - Standard Practice for Application of Thermoluminescence-Dosimetry (TLD) Systems for Determining Absorbed Dose in Radiation-Hardness Testing of Electronic Devices
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2020

Standards Content (Sample)

This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: E1819 − 15 (Reapproved 2021)
Standard Guide for
Environmental Monitoring Plans for Decommissioning of
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Nuclear Facilities
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1819; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope E1167 Guide for Radiation Protection Program for Decom-
missioning Operations
1.1 This guide covers the development or assessment of
E1281 Guide for Nuclear Facility Decommissioning Plans
environmental monitoring plans for decommissioning nuclear
E1892 Guide for Preparing Characterization Plans for De-
facilities. This guide addresses: (1) development of an envi-
commissioning Nuclear Facilities
ronmental baseline prior to commencement of decommission-
ISO/ASTM 51707 Guide for Estimating Uncertainties in
ing activities; (2) determination of release paths from site
Dosimetry for Radiation Processing
activities and their associated exposure pathways in the envi-
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2.2 ANSI Standards:
ronment; and (3) selection of appropriate sampling locations
ANSI N 545 EnvironmentalApplication of Thermolumines-
and media to ensure that all exposure pathways in the envi-
cent Dosimetry
ronmentaremonitoredappropriately.Thisguidealsoaddresses
ANSI N 13.1 Guide to Sampling Airborne Radioactive Ma-
the interfaces between the environmental monitoring plan and
terials in Nuclear Facilities
other planning documents for site decommissioning, such as
ANSI N323AB Standard for Radiation Protection Instru-
radiation protection, site characterization, and waste manage-
mentation Test and Calibration, Portable Survey Instru-
ment plans, and federal, state, and local environmental protec-
ments
tion laws and guidance.This guide is applicable up to the point
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of completing D&D activities and the reuse of the facility or
2.3 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Documents:
area for other purposes.
NUREG CR-2082 Monitoring for Compliance with Decom-
missioning Termination Survey Criteria
1.2 This international standard was developed in accor-
NUREG-1575 Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site In-
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
vestigation Manual (MARSSIM), Revision 1, August
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
2000
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
NUREG-1576 Multi-Agency Radiological Laboratory Ana-
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
lytical Protocols (MARLAP)
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
2.4 U.S. Government Documents:
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2. Referenced Documents
29 CFR Part 1910.120
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2.1 ASTM Standards: 2.5 U.S. EPA Documents:
E666 Practice for CalculatingAbsorbed Dose From Gamma OSWER-9950.1 RCRA Ground-Water Monitoring Techni-
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or X Radiation
cal Enforcement Guidance Document
E668 Practice for Application of Thermoluminescence- SW-846 Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/
Dosimetry (TLD) Systems for Determining Absorbed
Chemical Methods
Dose in Radiation-HardnessTesting of Electronic Devices 40 CFR 302 Designation, Reportable Quantities, and Noti-
fications
40 CFR 61 National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E10 on Nuclear
Technology and Applicationsand is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee
40 CFR 58 Ambient Air Quality Surveillances
E10.03 on Radiological Protection for Decontamination and Decommissioning of
Nuclear Facilities and Components.
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2021. Published February 2021. Originally
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approved in 1996. Last previous edition approved in 2015 as E1819-15. DOI: Available from American National Standards Institute, 11 W. 42nd St., 13th
10.1520/E1819-15R21. Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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contact ASTM Customer Service at [e-mail]. For Annual Book of ASTM Office, Washington, DC 20402.
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