Section 601.190  Performance Objectives − Protection of the General Population from Releases of Radioactivity

Concentrations of radioactive material which may be released to the general environment in ground water, surface water, air, soil, plants, or animals must not result in an annual dose exceeding an equivalent of 25 millirems to the whole body, 75 millirems to the thyroid, and 25 millirems to any other organ of any member of the public.  The licensee shall assume initiatives which are necessary to maintain releases of radioactivity in effluents to the general environment as low as is reasonably achievable.