10 CFR 63.311
§ 63.311 Individual protection standard after permanent closure.
United States · 10 CFR — Energy · Status: effective
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- 10 CFR 63.311, § 63.311 Individual protection standard after permanent closure, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/38116
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(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.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.