[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: 40CFR197.15]

[Page 63]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 197--PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS 
FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart B--Public Health and Environmental Standards for Disposal
 
Sec. 197.15  How must DOE take into account the changes that will occur 
during the next 10,000 years after disposal?

    The DOE should not project changes in society, the biosphere (other 
than climate), human biology, or increases or decreases of human 
knowledge or technology. In all analyses done to demonstrate compliance 
with this part, DOE must assume that all of those factors remain 
constant as they are at the time of license application submission to 
NRC. However, DOE must vary factors related to the geology, hydrology, 
and climate based upon cautious, but reasonable assumptions of the 
changes in these factors that could affect the Yucca Mountain disposal 
system over the next 10,000 years.

                     Individual-Protection Standard