[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: 40CFR197.26]



[Page 66-67]

 

                   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.  197.26  What are the circumstances of the human intrusion?



    For the purposes of the analysis of human intrusion, DOE must make 

the following assumptions:

    (a) There is a single human intrusion as a result of exploratory 

drilling for ground water;

    (b) The intruders drill a borehole directly through a degraded waste 

package into the uppermost aquifer underlying the Yucca Mountain 

repository;

    (c) The drillers use the common techniques and practices that are 

currently employed in exploratory drilling for ground water in the 

region surrounding Yucca Mountain;

    (d) Careful sealing of the borehole does not occur, instead natural 

degradation processes gradually modify the borehole;

    (e) Only releases of radionuclides that occur as a result of the 

intrusion and that are transported through the resulting borehole to the 

saturated zone are projected; and

    (f) No releases are included which are caused by unlikely natural 

processes and events.



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                    Ground Water Protection Standards