Technical Position Papers

Since 1995, the Office of Worker Safety and Health Policy, and its predecessor offices, have developed and issued numerous Radiological Control Technical Positions (RCTPs). Typically, the RCTPs are written in response to a question or issue related the Department's expectations for meeting a provision in Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 835 (10 CFR 835), Occupational Radiation Protection. On June 8, 2007, the Department published an amendment to 10 CFR 835, and has since been updating all associated guidance documents. These documents include the 10 CFR 835 implementation guide as well as several standards and handbooks.

The Office of Worker Safety and Health Policy reviewed the RCTPs and either incorporated key points the guidance into drafts of d guidance documents or identified that the amendment to 10 CFR 835 directly addresses the RCTP issue. The following RCTPs, 1995 until the 2007 amendment to 10 CFR 835, are now considered archived.

» RCTP Archive

RCTPs Issued After 2007 Amendment to 10 CFR 835

• - 09-01 Rev 1. Assessing and Recording Doses
• - 09-02 Use of Social Security Number in Dose Reports
• - 09-03 Technical Position Clarifying Dose Reporting in the Occurrence Reporting and Processing System
• - 10-01 Alternative Means of Measuring Alpha Emitters in Uranium Contamination
• - 10-02 Appropriate Accountable Sealed Source Values for Strontium-90
• - 11-01 Use of Personal Nuclear Accident Dosimeters
• - 11-02 Internal Audits
• - 12-01 Appendix D Values for Radionuclides Not Listed

Any questions, contact:
Peter.O'Connell@hq.doe.gov
Certified Health Physicist
Office of Health and Safety
Department of Energy
301 903-5641