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Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: May 6, 2024) |
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Title 40 - Protection of Environment |
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Chapter I - Environmental Protection Agency |
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SubChapter F - Radiation Protection Programs |
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Part 197 - Public Health and Environmental Radiation Protection Standards for Yucca Mountain, Nevada |
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Subpart B - Public Health and Environmental Standards for Disposal |
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Human-Intrusion Standard |
§ 197.25 - What standard must DOE meet?
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§ 197.25 What standard must DOE meet?
(a) The DOE must determine the earliest time after disposal that the waste package would degrade sufficiently that a human intrusion (see § 197.26) could occur without recognition by the drillers.
(b) The DOE must demonstrate that there is a reasonable expectation that the reasonably maximally exposed individual will receive an annual committed effective dose equivalent, as a result of the human intrusion, of no more than:
(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.
(c) The analysis must include all potential environmental pathways of radionuclide transport and exposure.
[73 FR 61288, Oct. 15, 2008]