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§ 63.311 Individual protection standard after permanent closure.
Postclosure Individual Protection Standard
§ 63.311 Individual protection standard after permanent closure.
(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.
[74 FR 10829, Mar. 13, 2009]
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