GroundRules
40 CFR 197.20: What standard must DOE meet?
Where this section sits in the code
- 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
(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.
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