Egyptian Natural Gas Co.

Project: Gas Pipeline Abu Humos/ El Nobaria 42" Diameter & 65 Km Length Location: Purchase Order No. GASCO Project No.:

Radiation Protection Gas Pipeline Abu Humos/ El Nobaria 42" Diameter & 65 Km Length

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Pipe line & western desert projects

Doc No. Revision Date File Ref. PTJ GASCO 42" P/L

Revision history
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Summary
This construction method statement is intended to ensure the integrity of the activity for Construction of abu humos el nobaria p/l 42" will done safely and matching with the company spec. and requirement also consider the all parameter for work in agriculture field and the common ability of the available equipment without any environmental impact . This method of statement will apply along the project unless otherwise noted in the project quality manual or procedures. This covers all activities related to the construction of front end activity.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1.0 PURPOSE 2.0 SCOPE 3.0 DEFINITIONS 4.0 REFERENCES 5.0 RESPONSIBILITIES 6.0 REQUIREMENTS
6.1 Project Radiation Protection Programs and Plans 6.2 Monitoring 6.3 Dose Assessments 6.4 Records 6.5 Administrative Limitations 6.6 Protection of the Unborn Child 6.7 Client Radiation Protection Programs

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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A Exhibit B Annual Dose Limits Surface Radioactivity Limits Exhibit C Surface Radioactivity Limits for Release of Materials

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1.0 PURPOSE This procedure provides guidance on the radiation protection regulations and standards to be applied to GASCO projects where a potential for occupational radiation exposure exists. 2.0 SCOPE This procedure is applicable to GASCO projects/facilities. It applies to GASCO and contractor employee assignments where an individual occupational radiation exposure in excess of 100 mrem in a year effective dose equivalent to the whole body is likely to occur. 3.0 DEFINITIONS 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 CSM Construction Site Manager FM Facility Manager ES&H - Environmental, Safety, and Health ESHEP Environmental, Safety, and Health Execution Plan ESHR Environmental, Safety, and Health Representative As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) An approach to health protection to control or manage exposures (both individual and collective to the workforce and general public) as low as social, technical, economic, practical, and public policy considerations permit. As used in this procedure, ALARA is not a dose limit but a process, which has as its objective the maintenance of dose levels as far below applicable limits as is reasonably achievable. Dose Equivalent (H) The product of absorbed dose in rads (or gray) in tissue, a quality factor, and other modifying factors. Dose equivalent is expressed in units of rem (or sievert). Effective Dose Equivalent (HE) The sum over specified tissues of the products of the dose equivalent in a tissue (Ht) and the weighting factor (WT) for that tissue, i.e., HE = WT HT. The effective dose equivalent is expressed in units of rem (or sievert).

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Committed Effective Dose Equivalent (HE,50) The sum of the committed dose equivalents to various tissues in the body (H T, 50) each multiplied by the appropriate weighting factor (WT) i.e., HE, 50 = WTHTSO. Committed effective dose equivalent is expressed in units of rem (or sievert). Committed Dose Equivalent (HT5O) The dose equivalent calculated to be received by a tissue or organ over a 50-year period after the intake of a radionuclide into the body. It does not include contributions from radiation sources external to the body. Committed dose equivalent is expressed in units of rem (or sievert). Cumulative Total Effective Dose Equivalent The sum of the total effective dose equivalents recorded for an individual for each year of

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employment at a Department of Energy (DOE) facility or a DOE contractor site or facility. 3.12 3.13 3.14 Lens of the Eye Dose Equivalent The external exposure of the lens of the eye and is taken as the dose equivalent of a tissue depth of 0.3 cm. Shallow Dose Equivalent The dose equivalent deriving from external radiation at a depth of 0.007 cm in tissue. Whole Body For the purposes of external exposure, includes the head, trunk (including male gonads), arms above and including the elbow, and legs above and including the knee. Annual Dose Limit The employer shall control the occupational dose to individual adults to the following limits: 3.16 Total effective dose equivalent equal to 5 rem The sum of the deep dose equivalent and the committed dose equivalent to any individual organ or tissue, other than the lens of the eye, to 50 rem An eye equivalent dose of 15 rem A shallow dose equivalent of 50 rem to the skin or any extremity

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Total Effective Dose Equivalent (TEDE) The sum of the effective dose equivalent (for external exposures) and the committed effective dose equivalent (for internal exposures). For purposes of compliance with this procedure, deep dose equivalent to the whole body may be used as effective dose equivalent for external exposures. Occupational Radiation Dose The total effective dose equivalent received by a person from external ionizing radiation sources during working hours and from internal sources whose presence in the body is caused by the inhalation, ingestion, or absorption of radioactive material. Occupational radiation exposure does not include medical exposures (i.e., diagnostic or therapeutic X-ray and/or nuclear medicine treatments), exposures to naturally occurring background radiation, exposure to nonionizing radiation sources, or exposures to consumer products that contain radioactive materials or generate radiation. External Radiation Exposure The dose equivalent of ionizing radiation to the whole body, body tissues, or organs resulting from ionizing radiation sources outside the body. Internal Radiation Exposure The dose equivalent of ionizing radiation to the whole body, body tissues, or organs resulting from the depositions of radioactive materials within the body and the penetrating dose component of external radiation exposures. Ionizing Radiation Electrically charged or neutral particles or electromagnetic radiation that will interact with gases, liquids, or solids to produce ions. There are five major types of ionizing radiation: alpha, beta, x (or x-ray), gamma, and neutron.

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Nonionizing Radiation Electromagnetic radiation that does not cause or produce ions. Examples: ultraviolet, laser, infrared, microwave, and frequency radiation. Regulatory Primacy Specific radiation protection standards applicable to GASCO projects depend on the regulating agency governing the activities. Projects are responsible for determining the regulator having primary responsibility and applying the appropriate standard. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Projects conducted under license of the NRC or conducted on behalf of licensees of the NRC comply with 10 CFR, Parts 19 through 21, and any specific license conditions. Department of Energy (DOE) Projects conducted under the authority of the DOE comply with 10 CFR Part 835. Agreement States Requirements of individual states may apply. Extremity Includes the hand and arm below the elbow and foot and leg below the knee. 29 CFR 1910.96, 29 CFR 1910.97, and 29 CFR 1926.53. Standards for Protection Against Radiation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 CFR Part 20. Occupational Radiation Protection, U.S. Department of Energy, 10 CFR Part 835. Limiting Values of Radionuclide Intake and Air Concentration and Dose Conversion Factors for Inhalation, Submersion, and Ingestion, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA-520/1-88-020. Occupational Health Records Maintenance System, CP-123.

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4.0 REFERENCES 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4

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5.0 RESPONSIBILITIES When an activity is defined for a certain position in this procedure, the responsibility may be performed by a designee. 5.1 CSM/FM The CSM/FM has the overall responsibility for this procedure and is responsible for supporting it and for ensuring that all project/facility entities actively participate. The CSM/FM is responsible for providing the personnel, facilities, and other resources necessary to effectively carry out this procedure. The CSM/FM and the management team leads by example, modeling the behavior expected from all employees performing work. 5.2 Environmental, Safety and Health Supervisor (ESHS) The ESHS is responsible for ensuring compliance with this procedure and providing technical direction on the project. Environmental, Safety, and Health Representative (ESHR) The ESHR is responsible for implementing the radiation protection program in the field with guidance from the ESHS.

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Supervisor Supervisors must be thoroughly familiar with this procedure and with their responsibilities regarding its implementation and enforcement. Employee Employees must know and understand the environmental, safety, and health requirements of this procedure that apply to the work they perform. Project Health Physicist The project health physicist provides technical guidelines, dose assessments, monitoring requirements, and review of ES&H plans and regulatory requirements for the project.

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6.0 REQUIREMENTS

6.1 Project Radiation Protection Programs and Plans

As required, projects develop site-specific radiation protection programs, plans, and implementing procedures suitable to the mission objectives of the project tasks. Such programs meet the requirements of the regulator(s) having primary responsibility and are designed in accordance with said regulators guidance documents and recommendations of good practice. Project-level programs, plans, and procedures are prepared in sufficient detail so as to permit implementation of objectives and fulfillment of regulatory requirements. At a minimum, project-level plans address: Hazard analysis describing worksite sheet radiological conditions and anticipated project radiation exposures Radiation protection criteria and standards Dosimetry and personnel monitoring Handling, identification, and labeling of radioactive materials Access control and posting of areas Training ALARA implementation, review, and responsibility Protection of the unborn child Project radiation protection records management Any necessary requirements for a radioactive materials license to conduct work activities Project radiation protection programs, plans, and procedures are prepared in accordance with the guidance provided by the regulator(s) having primary responsibility. These programs, plans, and procedures are reviewed and approved by the appropriate Manager of GASCO Environmental, Safety, and Health Services before they are implemented.

6.2 Monitoring
Project radiation protection plans and procedures require monitoring of individuals where exposures are likely to exceed an effective dose equivalent of 100 mrem/year to the whole body. Such individuals are monitored by the

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use of a Department of Energy Laboratory Program (DOELAP)/National Validation Laboratory Program (NVLAP)-accredited radiation monitoring badge and appropriate in vivo or in vitro assay as is appropriate to the radiological hazards of the project/facilities. Additional monitoring devices such as self-reading dosimeters, extremity dosimeters, neutron dosimeters, or nuclear accident dosimeters are used as required by regulations or as needed to administer effective exposure control and assessment. Guidance for annual dose limits is provided in Exhibit A.

6.3 Dose Assessments

Individual dose assessments are conducted for all monitored personnel annually. The dose assessment consists of an evaluation of the individuals effective dose equivalent by the project health physicist. These assessments are generally conducted only once a year. More frequent assessments may be conducted as needed to administer effective exposure control.

6.4 Records
Radiation exposure records are maintained by GASCO Environmental, Safety, and Health Services and, at a minimum, consist of the following records for each monitored individual: NRC Form 4 (or equivalent) NRC Form 5 from each previous employer (or equivalent) Annual record of whole-body external dose equivalent Annual record of skin exposure dose equivalent Annual record of eye exposure dose equivalent Annual record of whole-body internal dose equivalent Annual record of target organ internal dose equivalent Copies of any internal or external dose assessments and calculations Additional record elements may be required by the regulator(s) having primary responsibility or the Manager of GASCO Systems and Infrastructure, Inc. Environmental, Safety, and Health Services.

6.5 Administrative Limitations

Each project establishes administrative limits on external and internal doses consistent with ALARA goals and in accordance with GASCO Environmental, Safety, and Health Services. These limits are made part of each project radiation protection plan. Before a complete record of an employees previous dose history and cumulative dose is obtained, the employee is limited to a maximum exposure of 10 percent of the annual whole body effective dose equivalent. This limitation remains in effect until the employees previous dose history has been obtained and assessed.

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6.6 Protection of the Unborn Child

Each project establishes protective procedures for limiting the exposure of unborn children, in accordance with the criteria recommended by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP). In the establishment of said protective procedures, the regulations of the regulator(s) having primary responsibility are consulted, and any requirements established by such regulator(s) are met. This includes regulatory guidance in the form of regulatory guides or best management practices set forth by the regulator(s). In the establishment and implementation of such procedures, all employees, regardless of sex, are considered equally. All radiation worker employees, regardless of sex, receive training on the risks associated with radiation exposure to the unborn child and acknowledge the receipt of said training in writing before they are assigned to areas where radiation exposure may or will occur.

6.7 Client Radiation Protection Programs

Where contractual requirements dictate that GASCO employees are to participate in client/licensee radiation protection programs, GASCO Manager of Environmental, Safety, and Health or designee reviews the client/licensee program for adequacy. GASCO Systems and Infrastructure, Inc. Environmental, Safety, and Health Services maintains close communications with client/licensee radiation protection management to ensure that dose records are transferred to GASCO for each participating employee in a timely manner.

Exhibit A

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ANNUAL DOSE LIMITS

Exhibit A ANNUALa DOSE LIMITS Project Administrative Limits 0.5 rem (0.005 Sv) 5 rem (0.05 Sv) 15 rem (0.15 Sv) 15 rem (0.15 Sv) 0.1 rem (1.0 Sv)

Type of Exposure Total Effective Dose Quivialentc Lens of Eye Skin or Extremity Specific Organ or Tissued Unborn Childe

NRC/DOE Limitsb 5 rem (0.05 Sv) 15 rem (0.15 Sv) 50 rem (0.5 Sv) 50 rem (0.5 Sv) 0.5 rem (5 mSv)f

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a b c d e

Annual refers to a calendar year; January 1 through December 31. Dose limits are prescribed in 10 CFR 835 and 10 CFR 20. Total effective dose equivalent (TEDE) body exposure is the effective equivalent (for external exposures) and the committed effective dose equivalent (for internal exposures). This is the sum of the deep dose equivalent and the committed dose equivalent for the organ or tissue. The exposure period for an unborn child is from the period of conception to birth (entire gestation period) as a result of occupational exposure of a female occupational worker, who has notified her employer in writing that she is pregnant. If the dose to the unborn child is determined to have already exceeded 0.5 rem (5 mSv) by the time a worker notifies her employer in writing of her pregnancy, the worker shall not be assigned to tasks where additional occupational exposure is likely. This corresponds to an exposure rate of 0.25 mrem/h over a 9-month period (8 hours/day, 5 days/week, 39 weeks/gestation period).

Exhibit B SURFACE RADIOACTIVITY LIMITS

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Exhibit B
SURFACE RADIOACTIVITY LIMITS
NUCLIDE (See Note 1) U-natural, U-235, U-238 and associated decay products Transuranics, Ra-226, Ra-228, Th-230, Th-228, Pa-231, Ac-227, I-125, I-129 Th-nat, Th-232, Sr-90, Ra-223, Ra-224, U-232, I-126, I-131, I-133 Beta-gamma emitters (nuclides with decay modes other than alpha emission or spontaneous fission) except Sr-90 and others noted above. Includes mixed fission products containing Sr-90 and others noted above. (Note 5.) Tritium organic compounds, surfaces contaminated by HC, HTO, and metal tritide aerosols REMOVABLE (dpm/100 cm2) (See Notes 2 & 4) 1,000 alpha 20 200 1,000 beta-gamma TOTAL (FIXED + REMOVABLE) (dpm/100 cm2) (Notes 2 & 3) 5,000 alpha 500 1,000 5,000 beta-gamma

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Notes: 1. The

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values in this table apply to radioactive contamination deposited on, but not incorporated into, the interior of the contaminated item. Where surface contamination by both alpha- and betagamma-emitting nuclides exists, the limits established for the alpha- and beta-gamma-emitting nuclides apply independently. As used in this table, dpm (disintegrations per minute) means the rate of emission by radioactive material as determined by correcting the counts per minute observed by an appropriate detector for background, efficiency, and geometric factors associated with the instrumentation. The levels may be averaged over one square meter, provided the maximum surface activity in any area of 100 cm2 is less than three times the value specified. For purposes of averaging, any square meter of surface should be considered to be above the nativity guide G if: (1) from measurements of a representative number of sections, it is determined that 1/n nSi G, where Si is the dpm/100 cm2 determined from measurement section i, or (2) it is determined that the sum of the activity of all isolated spots or particles in any 100 cm2 area exceeds 3G. The amount of removable radioactive material per 100 cm2 of surface area should be determined by swiping the area with dry filter or soft absorbent paper while applying moderate pressure and then assessing the amount of radioactive material on the swipe with an appropriate instrument of known efficiency. (Note: The use of dry material may not be appropriate for tritium.) When removable contamination on objects of surface area less than 100 cm2 is determined, the activity per unit area should be based on the actual area and the entire surface should be wiped. Except for transuranics, and Ra-228, Ac-227, Th-228, Th-230, Pa-231, and alpha emitter, it is not necessary to use swiping techniques to measure removable contamination levels if direct scan surveys indicate that the total residual surface contamination levels are within the limits for removable contamination. This category of radionuclides includes mixed fission products, including the Sr-90 which is present in them. It does not apply to Sr-90 which has been separated from other fission products or mixtures where the Sr-90 has been enriched.

Exhibit C SURFACE RADIOACTIVITY LIMITS FOR RELEASE OF MATERIALS

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Exhibit C SURFACE RADIOACTIVITY LIMITS FOR RELEASE OF MATERIALS

Allowable Total Residual Surface Contamination (dpm/100 cm 2 ) 1 Radionuclides2 Transuranics I-125, I-129, Ra-226, Ac-227, Ra-228, Th-228, Th-230, Pa-231 Th-nat, Sr-90, I-126, I-131, I-133, Ra-223, Ra-224, U232, Th-232 U-nat, U-235, U-238, and associated decay products Beta-gamma emitters (radionuclides with decay modes other than alpha emission or spontaneous fission) except Sr-90 and others noted above7
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Average3,4 100 1,000 5,000 5,000

Maximum4,5 300 3,000 15,000 15,000

Removable4,6 20 200 1,000 1,000

As used in this table, dpm (disintegrations per minute) means the rate of emission by radioactive material as determined by correcting the counts per minute observed by an

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2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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appropriate detector for background, efficiency, and geometric factors associated with the instrumentation. Where surface contamination by both alpha- and beta-gamma-emitting nuclides exists, the limits established for alpha- and beta-gamma-emitting nuclides should apply independently. Measurements of average contamination should not be averaged over more than 1 m2. For objects of less surface area, the average should be derived for each such object. The average and maximum dose rates associated with surface contamination resulting from beta-gamma emitters should not exceed 0.2 mrad/h or 1.0 mrad/h, respectively, at 1 cm. The maximum contamination level applies to an area of not more than 100 cm2. The amount of removable radioactive material per 100 cm2 of surface area should be determined by wiping that area with dry filter or soft absorbent paper, applying moderate pressure, and assessing the amount of radioactive material on the wiping with an appropriate instrument of known efficiency. When removable contamination of objects of less surface area is determined, the activity per unit area should be based on the actual area and the entire surface should be wiped. It is not necessary to use wiping techniques to measure removable contamination levels if direct scan surveys indicate that the total residual surface contamination levels are within the limits for removable contamination. This category of radionuclides includes mixed fission products, including the Sr-90 which is preset in them. It does not apply to Sr-90 which has been separated from other fission products or mixtures where the Sr-90 has been enriched.

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