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

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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8.21	Health Physics Surveys for Byproduct Material at NRC-Licensed Processing and Manufacturing Plants (Withdrawn -- See 89 FR 5, 01/02/2024)	W	01/2024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 + HISTORY - HISTORY 03/2012 – DG-8051, Proposed Revision 2 01/1987 – Draft OP 013-4, Proposed Revision 1	2	05/2014	Periodic Review – May 2024 - No Action
		1	08/1988
		0	07/1978
8.23	Radiation Safety Surveys at Medical Institutions (Withdrawn -- See 83 FR 38729, 08/07/2018) + HISTORY - HISTORY 05/2017 – Periodic Review of Revision 1 – Withdraw 03/2011 – Periodic Review of Revision 1 – No issues identified	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 + HISTORY - HISTORY 03/2010 – DG-8040, Proposed Revision 2	2	06/2012	Periodic Review 2022 – No Action
		1	10/1979
		0	11/1978
8.25	Air Sampling in the Workplace + HISTORY - HISTORY 05/2017 – Periodic Review of Revision 1 – No Issues identified 10/2011 – Periodic Review of Revision 1 – No issues identified 09/1991 – DG-8003, Proposed Revision 1 10/1979 – Draft OH 905-4, Proposed Revision 0	1	06/1992	Reviewed in 2017 – No issues identified
		0	08/1980
8.26	Applications of Bioassay for Fission and Activation Products + HISTORY - HISTORY 01/2018 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – Issues identified for future consideration 12/2011 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – No issues identified 08/1979 – Draft OH 714-4, Proposed Revision 0	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 + HISTORY - HISTORY 05/2017 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – Issues identified for future consideration 10/2011 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – No issues identified 08/1979 – Draft OH 717-4, Proposed Revision 0	0	03/1981	Reviewed in 2017 – Issues identified for future consideration
8.28	Audible-Alarm Dosimeters + HISTORY - HISTORY 06/2018 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – Revise 10/2014 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – Revise 08/1979 – Draft OH 804-4, Proposed Revision 0	0	08/1981	Reviewed in 2018 – Revise
8.29	Instruction Concerning Risks from Occupational Radiation Exposure + HISTORY - HISTORY 05/2017 – Periodic Review of Revision 1 – Revise 12/2011 – Periodic Review of Revision 1 – No issues identified 12/1994 – DG-8012, Proposed Revision 1 05/1980 – Draft OH 902-1, Proposed Revision 0	1	02/1996	Reviewed in 2017 – Revise
		0	07/1981
8.30	Health Physics Surveys in Uranium Recovery Facilities + HISTORY - HISTORY 09/2000 – DG-8026, Proposed Revision 1 08/1980 – Draft OH 710-4, Proposed Revision 0	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 + HISTORY - HISTORY 09/2000 – DG-8027, Proposed Revision 1 08/1980 – Draft OH 941-4, Proposed Revision 0	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 + HISTORY - HISTORY 11/2017 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – Issues identified for future consideration 10/2011 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – No Issues identified 06/1983 – Draft OP 713-4, Proposed Revision 0	0	07/1988	Reviewed in 2017 – Issues identified for future consideration
8.33	Quality Management Program (Withdrawn -- See 77 FR 33253, 06/05/2012) + HISTORY - HISTORY 01/1990 – DG-8001, Proposed Revision 0	W	06/2012
		0	10/1991
8.34	Monitoring Criteria and Methods To Calculate Occupational Radiation Doses + HISTORY - HISTORY 12/2021 – DG-8060, Proposed Revision 1 11/2017 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – Revise 10/2013 – DG-8031, Proposed Revision 1 02/1992 – DG-8010, Proposed Revision 0	1	08/2022
		0	07/1992	Reviewed in 2017 – Revise
8.35	Planned Special Exposures + HISTORY - HISTORY 09/2015 &ndash Periodic Review of Revision 1 – No issues identified 12/1991 – DG-8008, Proposed Revision 0	1	08/2010	Reviewed in 2015 – No issues identified
		0	06/1992
8.36	Radiation Dose to the Embryo/Fetus + HISTORY - HISTORY 05/2017 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – Revise 10/2011 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – No issues identified 02/1992 – DG-8011, Proposed Revision 0	0	07/1992	Reviewed in 2017 – Revise
8.37	ALARA Levels for Effluents from Materials Facilities + HISTORY - HISTORY 01/2018 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – Reviewed with issues identified for future consideration 02/2012 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – No issues identified 12/1995 – DG-8016, Proposed Revision 1 10/1992 – DG-8013, Proposed Revision 0	0	07/1993	Reviewed in 2018 – No issues identified
8.38	Control of Access to High and Very High Radiation Areas of Nuclear Plants + HISTORY - HISTORY 07/2016 – Periodic Review of Revision 1No issues identified 05/2011 – Periodic Review of Revision 1 – No issues identified 09/2005 – DG-8028, Proposed Revision 1 10/1991 – DG-8006, Proposed Revision 0	1	05/2006	Reviewed in 2016 – No issues identified
		0	06/1993
8.39	Release of Patients Administered Radioactive Materials + HISTORY - HISTORY 07/2019 – DG-8057 – Proposed Revision 1 05/1997 – Errata to Revision 0 06/1994 – DG-8015, Proposed Revision 0	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 + HISTORY - HISTORY 06/2015 – Periodic Review of Revision 0 – Issues identified for future consideration	0	07/2010	Reviewed in 2015 – Issues identified for future consideration