[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: 40CFR194.34]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 194_CRITERIA FOR THE CERTIFICATION AND RE-CERTIFICATION OF THE WASTE 

ISOLATION PILOT PLANT'S COMPLIANCE WITH THE 40 CFR PART 191 DISPOSAL 

REGULATIONS--Table of Contents

 

         Subpart C_Compliance Certification and Re-certification

 

Sec.  194.34  Results of performance assessments.



    (a) The results of performance assessments shall be assembled into 

``complementary, cumulative distribution functions'' (CCDFs) that 

represent the probability of exceeding various levels of cumulative 

release caused by all significant processes and events.

    (b) Probability distributions for uncertain disposal system 

parameter values used in performance assessments shall be developed and 

documented in any compliance application.

    (c) Computational techniques, which draw random samples from across 

the entire range of the probability distributions developed pursuant to 

paragraph (b) of this section, shall be used in generating CCDFs and 

shall be documented in any compliance application.

    (d) The number of CCDFs generated shall be large enough such that, 

at cumulative releases of 1 and 10, the maximum CCDF generated exceeds 

the 99th percentile of the population of CCDFs with at least a 0.95 

probability. Values of cumulative release shall be calculated according 

to Note 6 of Table 1, appendix A of part 191 of this chapter.

    (e) Any compliance application shall display the full range of CCDFs 

generated.

    (f) Any compliance application shall provide information which 

demonstrates that there is at least a 95 percent level of statistical 

confidence that the mean of the population of CCDFs meets the 

containment requirements of Sec.  191.13 of this chapter.



                         Assurance Requirements