[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of July 1, 2006]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR191.15]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 191_ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR MANAGEMENT AND 
DISPOSAL OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL, HIGH-LEVEL AND TRANSURANIC RADIOACTIVE 
WASTES--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B_Environmental Standards for Disposal
 
Sec. 191.15  Individual protection requirements.

    (a) Disposal systems for waste and any associated radioactive 
material shall be designed to provide a reasonable expectation that, for 
10,000 years after disposal, undisturbed performance of the disposal 
system shall not cause the annual committed effective dose, received 
through all potential pathways from the disposal system, to any member 
of the public in the accessible environment, to exceed 15 millirems (150 
microsieverts).
    (b) Annual committed effective doses shall be calculated in 
accordance with appendix B of this part.
    (c) Compliance assessments need not provide complete assurance that 
the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section will be met. Because 
of the long time period involved and the nature of the processes and 
events of interest, there will inevitably be substantial uncertainties 
in projecting disposal system performance. Proof of the future 
performance of a disposal system is not to be had in the ordinary sense 
of the word in situations that deal with much shorter time frames. 
Instead, what is required is a reasonable expectation, on the basis of 
the record before the implementing agency, that compliance with 
paragraph (a) of this section will be achieved.
    (d) Compliance with the provisions in this section does not negate 
the necessity to comply with any other applicable Federal regulations or 
requirements.
    (e) The standards in this section shall be effective on January 19, 
1994.

[58 FR 66414, Dec. 20, 1993]

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