[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 24]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR191.01]



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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.  191.01  Applicability.









      Subpart A_Environmental Standards for Management and Storage



Sec.

191.01 Applicability.

191.02 Definitions.

191.03 Standards.

191.04 Alternative standards.

191.05 Effective date.



             Subpart B_Environmental Standards for Disposal



191.11 Applicability.

191.12 Definitions.

191.13 Containment requirements.

191.14 Assurance requirements.

191.15 Individual protection requirements.

191.16 Alternative provisions for disposal.

191.17 Effective date.



      Subpart C_Environmental Standards for Ground-Water Protection



191.21 Applicability.

191.22 Definitions.

191.23 General provisions.

191.24 Disposal standards.

191.25 Compliance with other Federal regulations.

191.26 Alternative provisions.

191.27 Effective date.



Appendix A to Part 191--Table for Subpart B

Appendix B to Part 191--Calculation of Annual Committed Effective Dose

Appendix C to Part 191--Guidance for Implementation of Subpart B





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    Authority: The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

2011-2296; Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1970, 5 U.S.C. app. 1; the 

Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 10101-10270; and 

the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Land Withdrawal Act, Pub. L. 102-579, 

106 Stat. 4777.



    Source: 50 FR 38084, Sept. 19, 1985, unless otherwise noted.







    This subpart applies to:

    (a) Radiation doses received by members of the public as a result of 

the management (except for transportation) and storage of spent nuclear 

fuel or high-level or transuranic radioactive wastes at any facility 

regulated by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission or by Agreement States, 

to the extent that such management and storage operations are not 

subject to the provisions of part 190 of title 40; and

    (b) Radiation doses received by members of the public as a result of 

the management and storage of spent nuclear fuel or high-level or 

transuranic wastes at any disposal facility that is operated by the 

Department of Energy and that is not regulated by the Commission or by 

Agreement States.