[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR191.03]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 191--ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR MANAGEMENT 
AND DISPOSAL OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, HIGH-LEVEL AND TRANSURANIC RADIOACTIVE 
WASTES--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart A--Environmental Standards for Management and Storage
 
Sec. 191.03  Standards.

    (a) Management and storage of spent nuclear fuel or high-level or 
transuranic radioactive wastes at all facilities regulated by the 
Commission or by Agreement States shall be conducted in such a manner as 
to provide reasonable assurance that the combined annual dose equivalent 
to any member of the public in the general environment resulting from: 
(1) Discharges of radioactive material and direct radiation from such 
management and storage and (2) all operations covered by Part 190; shall 
not exceed 25 millirems to the whole body, 75 millirems to the thyroid, 
and 25 millirems to any other critical organ.
    (b) Management and storage of spent nuclear fuel or high-level or 
transuranic radioactive wastes at all facilities for the disposal of 
such fuel or waste that are operated by the Department and that are not 
regulated by the Commission or Agreement States shall be conducted in 
such a manner as to provide reasonable assurance that the combined 
annual dose equivalent to any member of the public in the general 
environment resulting from discharges of radioactive material and direct 
radiation from such management and storage shall not exceed 25 millirems 
to the whole body and 75 millirems to any critical organ.