[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: 40CFR197.30]

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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. 197.30  What standards must DOE meet?

    The DOE must demonstrate that there is a reasonable expectation 
that, for 10,000 years of undisturbed performance after disposal, 
releases of radionuclides from waste in the Yucca Mountain disposal 
system into the accessible environment will not cause the level of 
radioactivity in the representative volume of ground water to exceed the 
limits in the following Table 1:

      Table 1--Limits on Radionuclides in the Representative Volume
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   Radionuclide or type of                               Is natural
      radiation emitted               Limit         background included?
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Combined radium-226 and       5 picocuries per      Yes.
 radium-228.                   liter.
Gross alpha activity          15 picocuries per     Yes.
 (including radium-226 but     liter.
 excluding radon and
 uranium).
Combined beta and photon      40 microsieverts (4   No.
 emitting radionuclides.       millirem) per year
                               to the whole body
                               or any organ, based
                               on drinking 2
                               liters of water per
                               day from the
                               representative
                               volume.
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