[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: 40CFR197.4]



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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 A_Public Health and Environmental Standards for Storage

 

Sec.  197.4  What standard must DOE meet?



    The DOE must ensure that no member of the public in the general 

environment receives more than an annual committed effective dose 

equivalent of 150 microsieverts (15 millirems) from the combination of:

    (a) Management and storage (as defined in 40 CFR 191.2) of 

radioactive material that:

    (1) Is subject to 40 CFR 191.3(a); and

    (2) Occurs outside of the Yucca Mountain repository but within the 

Yucca Mountain site; and

    (b) Storage (as defined in Sec.  197.2) of radioactive material 

inside the Yucca Mountain repository.