Current through October 31, 2024
Section 197.25 - What standard must DOE meet?(a) The DOE must determine the earliest time after disposal that the waste package would degrade sufficiently that a human intrusion (see § 197.26 ) could occur without recognition by the drillers.(b) The DOE must demonstrate that there is a reasonable expectation that the reasonably maximally exposed individual will receive an annual committed effective dose equivalent, as a result of the human intrusion, of no more than: (1) 150 microsieverts (15 millirems) for 10,000 years following disposal; and(2) 1 millisievert (100 millirems) after 10,000 years, but within the period of geologic stability.(c) The analysis must include all potential environmental pathways of radionuclide transport and exposure. 73 FR 61288 , Oct. 15, 2008