---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 C.F.R. § 63.204"
title: "10"
number: "63.204"
heading: "Preclosure standard."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/10/63.204"
---

# §63.204. Preclosure standard.


DOE must ensure that no member of the public in the general environment receives more than an annual dose of 0.15 mSv (15 mrem) from the combination of:

- (a) Management and storage (as defined in [40 CFR 191.2](/cfr/40/191.2.md)) of radioactive material that:
  - (1) Is subject to [40 CFR 191.3(a)](/cfr/40/191.3.md?p=a); and
  - (2) Occurs outside of the Yucca Mountain repository but within the Yucca Mountain site; and
- (b) Storage (as defined in [§ 63.202](/cfr/10/63.202.md)) of radioactive material inside the Yucca Mountain repository.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 51, 53, 62, 63, 65, 81, 161, 182, 183, 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2071, 2073, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2111, 2201, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 202, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5842, 5846, 5851); 42 U.S.C. 2021a; National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332); Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, secs. 114, 117, 121 (42 U.S.C. 10134, 10137, 10141); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note.

### Source

Source: 66 FR 55792, Nov. 2, 2001, unless otherwise noted.