Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
Title 10 - Energy |
Chapter I - Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
Part 63 - Disposal of High-Level Radioactive Wastes in a Geologic Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada |
Subpart L - Postclosure Public Health and Environmental Standards |
Postclosure Individual Protection Standard |
§ 63.311 - Individual protection standard after permanent closure.
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§ 63.311 Individual protection standard after permanent closure.
(a) 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 dose from releases from the undisturbed Yucca Mountain disposal system:
(1) 0.15 mSv (15 mrem) for 10,000 years following disposal; and
(2) 1.0 mSv (100 mrem) after 10,000 years, but within the period of geologic stability.
(b) DOE's performance assessment must include all potential pathways of radionuclide transport and exposure.
[74 FR 10829, Mar. 13, 2009]