[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: 40CFR197.21]



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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.  197.21  Who is the reasonably maximally exposed individual?



    The reasonably maximally exposed individual is a hypothetical person 

who meets the following criteria:

    (a) Lives in the accessible environment above the highest 

concentration of radionuclides in the plume of contamination;

    (b) Has a diet and living style representative of the people who now 

reside in the Town of Amargosa Valley, Nevada. The DOE must use 

projections based upon surveys of the people residing in the Town of 

Amargosa Valley, Nevada, to determine their current diets and living 

styles and use the mean values of these factors in the assessments 

conducted for Sec. Sec.  197.20 and 197.25; and

    (c) Drinks 2 liters of water per day from wells drilled into the 

ground water at the location specified in paragraph (a) of this section.



                        Human-Intrusion Standard