[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: 40CFR197.30]



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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.  197.30  What standards must DOE meet?



    The DOE must demonstrate that there is a reasonable expectation 

that, for 10,000 years of undisturbed performance after disposal, 

releases of radionuclides from waste in the Yucca Mountain disposal 

system into the accessible environment will not cause the level of 

radioactivity in the representative volume of ground water to exceed the 

limits in the following Table 1:



      Table 1--Limits on Radionuclides in the Representative Volume

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   Radionuclide or type of                               Is natural

      radiation emitted               Limit         background included?

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Combined radium-226 and       5 picocuries per      Yes.

 radium-228.                   liter.

Gross alpha activity          15 picocuries per     Yes.

 (including radium-226 but     liter.

 excluding radon and

 uranium).

Combined beta and photon      40 microsieverts (4   No.

 emitting radionuclides.       millirem) per year

                               to the whole body

                               or any organ, based

                               on drinking 2

                               liters of water per

                               day from the

                               representative

                               volume.

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