[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: 40CFR192.41]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 192_HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR URANIUM AND 

THORIUM MILL TAILINGS--Table of Contents

 

   Subpart E_Standards for Management of Thorium Byproduct Materials 

   Pursuant to Section 84 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as Amended

 

Sec.  192.41  Provisions.



    Except as otherwise noted in Sec.  192.41(e), the provisions of 

subpart D of this part, including Sec. Sec.  192.31, 192.32, and 192.33, 

shall apply to thorium byproduct material and:

    (a) Provisions applicable to the element uranium shall also apply to 

the element thorium;

    (b) Provisions applicable to radon-222 shall also apply to radon-

220; and

    (c) Provisions applicable to radium-226 shall also apply to radium-

228.

    (d) Operations covered under Sec.  192.32(a) shall be conducted in 

such a manner as to provide reasonable assurance that the annual dose 

equivalent does not exceed 25 millirems to the whole body, 75 millirems 

to the thyroid, and 25 millirems to any other organ of any member of the 

public as a result of exposures to the planned discharge of radioactive 

materials, radon-220 and its daughters excepted, to the general 

environment.

    (e) The provisions of Sec.  192.32(a) (3) and (4) do not apply to 

the management of thorium byproduct material.



[48 FR 45946, Oct. 7, 1983, as amended at 58 FR 60356, Nov. 15, 1993]