10 CFR 60.142
§ 60.142 Design testing.
United States · 10 CFR — Energy · Status: effective
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- 10 CFR 60.142, § 60.142 Design testing, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/37926
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(a) During the early or developmental stages of construction, a program for in situ testing of such features as borehole and shaft seals, backfill, and the thermal interaction effects of the waste packages, backfill, rock, and groundwater shall be conducted.
(b) The testing shall be initiated as early as is practicable.
(c) A backfill test section shall be constructed to test the effectiveness of backfill placement and compaction procedures against design requirements before permanent backfill placement is begun.
(d) Test sections shall be established to test the effectiveness of borehole and shaft seals before full-scale operation proceeds to seal boreholes and shafts.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.