§197.20. What standard must DOE meet?
40 C.F.R. § 197.20
The DOE must demonstrate, using performance assessment, that there is a reasonable expectation that the reasonably maximally exposed individual receives no more than the following annual committed effective dose equivalent from releases from the undisturbed Yucca Mountain disposal system:
150 microsieverts (15 millirems) for 10,000 years following disposal; and
1 millisievert (100 millirems) after 10,000 years, but within the period of geologic stability.
The DOE's performance assessment must include all potential pathways of radionuclide transport and exposure.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Amendments
[73 FR 61287, Oct. 15, 2008]
Authority
Authority: Sec. 801, Pub. L. 102-486, 106 Stat. 2921, 42 U.S.C. 10141 n.
Source
Source: 66 FR 32132, June 13, 2001, unless otherwise noted.
Amendments
[73 FR 61287, Oct. 15, 2008]