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§ 63.311 — Individual Protection Standard After Permanent Closure

10 C.F.R. § 63.311

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(a) 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 dose from releases from the undisturbed Yucca Mountain disposal system:

(1) 0.15 mSv (15 mrem) for 10,000 years following disposal; and

(2) 1.0 mSv (100 mrem) after 10,000 years, but within the period of geologic stability.

(b) DOE's performance assessment must include all potential pathways of radionuclide transport and exposure.

10 C.F.R. § 63.305 10 C.F.R. § 63.312

Authorizing Statute

Determination of other material as special nuclear material; Presidential assent; effective date
42 U.S.C. § 2071
Storage or disposal facility planning
42 U.S.C. § 2021a
Cooperation of agencies; reports; availability of information; recommendations; international and national coordination of efforts
42 U.S.C. § 4332
Establishment and transfers
42 U.S.C. § 5841
Site approval and construction authorization
42 U.S.C. § 10134
Authority and functions of Director
44 U.S.C. § 3504