Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: May 6, 2024) |
Title 40 - Protection of Environment |
Chapter I - Environmental Protection Agency |
SubChapter F - Radiation Protection Programs |
Part 197 - Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada |
Subpart B - Public Health and Environmental Standards for Disposal |
Individual-Protection Standard |
§ 197.20 - What standard must DOE meet?
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§ 197.20 What standard must DOE meet?
(a) The DOE must demonstrate, using performance assessment, that there is a reasonable expectation that the reasonably maximally exposed individual receives no more than the following annual committed effective dose equivalent from releases from the undisturbed Yucca Mountain disposal system:
(1) 150 microsieverts (15 millirems) for 10,000 years following disposal; and
(2) 1 millisievert (100 millirems) after 10,000 years, but within the period of geologic stability.
(b) The DOE's performance assessment must include all potential pathways of radionuclide transport and exposure.
[73 FR 61287, Oct. 15, 2008]