[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: 40CFR197.20]

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                   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. 197.20  What standard must DOE meet?

    The DOE must demonstrate, using performance assessment, that there 
is a reasonable expectation that, for 10,000 years following disposal, 
the reasonably maximally exposed individual receives no more than an 
annual committed effective dose equivalent of 150 microsieverts (15 
millirems) from releases from the undisturbed Yucca Mountain disposal 
system. The DOE's analysis must include all potential pathways of 
radionuclide transport and exposure.