[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: 40CFR191.15]



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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 B_Environmental Standards for Disposal

 

Sec.  191.15  Individual protection requirements.



    (a) Disposal systems for waste and any associated radioactive 

material shall be designed to provide a reasonable expectation that, for 

10,000 years after disposal, undisturbed performance of the disposal 

system shall not cause the annual committed effective dose, received 

through all potential pathways from the disposal system, to any member 

of the public in the accessible environment, to exceed 15 millirems (150 

microsieverts).

    (b) Annual committed effective doses shall be calculated in 

accordance with appendix B of this part.

    (c) Compliance assessments need not provide complete assurance that 

the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section will be met. Because 

of the long time period involved and the nature of the processes and 

events of interest, there will inevitably be substantial uncertainties 

in projecting disposal system performance. Proof of the future 

performance of a disposal system is not to be had in the ordinary sense 

of the word in situations that deal with much shorter time frames. 

Instead, what is required is a reasonable expectation, on the basis of 

the record before the implementing agency, that compliance with 

paragraph (a) of this section will be achieved.

    (d) Compliance with the provisions in this section does not negate 

the necessity to comply with any other applicable Federal regulations or 

requirements.

    (e) The standards in this section shall be effective on January 19, 

1994.



[58 FR 66414, Dec. 20, 1993]



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