[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: 40CFR197.20]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 197_PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS 

FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart B_Public Health and Environmental Standards for Disposal

 

Sec.  197.20  What standard must DOE meet?



    The DOE must demonstrate, using performance assessment, that there 

is a reasonable expectation that, for 10,000 years following disposal, 

the reasonably maximally exposed individual receives no more than an 

annual committed effective dose equivalent of 150 microsieverts (15 

millirems) from releases from the undisturbed Yucca Mountain disposal 

system. The DOE's analysis must include all potential pathways of 

radionuclide transport and exposure.