PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Paul J. Early
AU  - David W. Close
TI  - The Impact of New NRC PART 20 Regulations
DP  - 1994 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of Nuclear Medicine Technology
PG  - 250--254
VI  - 22
IP  - 4
4099  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/22/4/250.short
4100  - http://tech.snmjournals.org/content/22/4/250.full
SO  - J. Nucl. Med. Technol.1994 Dec 01; 22
AB  - Objective: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has instituted new regulations, effective January 1, 1994 as an outgrowth of publications 26 (1977) and 30 (1979) of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP). The objective is to determine how to apply these regulations to a routine nuclear medicine department. Methods: Since these new 10 CFR Part 20 regulations apply to all radiation workers (medical, nuclear power, etc.), it was necessary to delineate those regulations that would uniquely apply to nuclear medicine occupational workers. Results: Modification of existing procedures were evaluated and changed to correlate with the new regulations. Data collection is suggested to prove compliance. Conclusion: The changes required to satisfy the new regulations are reasonably easy to implement. Allowances for the use of realistic values, rather than past pessimistic assumptions, has made these new regulatory limits, which appear to be more stringent, actually easier for compliance.