Idaho Admin. Code r. 58.01.10.020

Current through September 2, 2024
Section 58.01.10.020 - RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS
01.General Protection Standards.
a. All owners and operators shall conduct operations in a manner consistent with radiation protection standards contained in 10 CFR 20 ;
b. No owner or operator shall conduct operations, create, use or transfer radioactive materials in a manner such that any member of the public will receive an annual Total Effective Dose Equivalent (TEDE) in excess of one hundred (100) millirem per year (1 milliseivert/year); and
c. No person shall release radioactive materials for unrestricted use in such a manner that the reasonably maximally exposed individual will receive an annual TEDE in excess of fifteen (15) millirem per year (fifteen one-hundredths (0.15) milliseivert/year) excluding natural background.
02.Protection of Workers During Operations. All owners and operators shall conduct operations in a manner consistent with radiation protection standards for occupation workers contained in 10 CFR 20.
03.Disposal of Radioactive Material. No person, owner, or operator shall dispose of radioactive materials by any method other than:
a. At a permitted treatment, storage or disposal facility under the authority of the Idaho Hazardous Waste Management Act, Chapter 44, Title 39, Idaho Code, provided that the facility owner or operator complies with each of the following:
i. Department-approved waste acceptance criteria for radioactive material defined in Section 010;
ii. A Department-approved closure program that provides reasonable assurance that the radon emanation rate from the closed disposal unit will not exceed twenty (20) picocuries per square meter per second averaged across the entire area of the closed disposal unit and meets the requirements in Subsection 020.01.b.; and
iii. A Department-approved environmental monitoring program that monitors air, ground water, surface water and soil for radionuclides and ambient radiation levels in the environs of the facility and which demonstrates that no member of the general public is likely to exceed a radiation dose of one hundred (100) millirem (one (1) milliseivert) per year from operations conducted at the site.
b. By transferring wastes for disposal to a facility licensed under requirements for uranium or thorium byproduct materials in either 40 CFR 192 or 10 CFR 40 Appendix A;
c. By transferring wastes for disposal to a disposal facility licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, an agreement state, or a licensing state; or
d. In accordance with alternate methods authorized by the Department upon application or upon the Department's initiative, consistent with Section 020.01 and all applicable state statutes and regulations.
04.Prohibit Disposal at a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill. No person shall dispose of radioactive material as defined in these rules at a municipal solid waste landfill, except for individual consumer products containing radioactive material.

Idaho Admin. Code r. 58.01.10.020

Effective March 31, 2022