[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: 40CFR191.03]



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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 

manage ment 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.