RE: 10 CFR 100 help for a Canadian

["Morgan, Ben" <ben.morgan@cplc.com>]

Greetings:

1) EAB stands for "Exclusion Area Boundary" and the definition of "exclusion
area" [10CFR100.3] is "that area surrounding the reactor, in which the
reactor licensee has the authority to determine all activities including
exclusion or removal of personnel and property from the area. This area may
be traversed by a highway, railroad, or waterway, provided these are not so
close to the facility as to interfere with normal operations of the facility
and provided appropriate and effective arrangements are made to control
traffic on the highway, railroad, or waterway, in case of emergency, to
protect the public health and safety. Residence within the exclusion area
shall normally be prohibited. In any event, residents shall be subject to
ready removal in case of necessity. Activities unrelated to operation of the
reactor may be permitted in an exclusion area under appropriate limitations,
provided that no significant hazards to the public health and safety will
result."

2) [10CFR100.11] An exclusion area of such size that an individual located
at any point on its boundary for two hours immediately following onset of
the postulated fission product release would not receive a total radiation
dose to the whole body in excess of 25 rem or a total radiation dose in
excess of 300 rem to the thyroid from iodine exposure.

NOTE: While the 2-h dose limits in 10CFR100 are 25 rem whole body and 300
rem thyroid, licensees are held to limits of 6 rem whole body and 75 rem
thyroid by the Standard Review Plan which is used by the NRC to review
license applications.

Regards,

Ben

ben.morgan@cplc.com

I'm not an official spokesperson for CP&L.  
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