10 CFR 63.331

§ 63.331 Separate standards for protection of groundwater.

United States · 10 CFR — Energy · Status: effective

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Citation: 10 CFR 63.331, § 63.331 Separate standards for protection of groundwater, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/38120
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DOE must demonstrate that there is a reasonable expectation that, for 10,000 years of undisturbed performance after disposal, releases of radionuclides from waste in the Yucca Mountain disposal system into the accessible environment will not cause the level of radioactivity in the representative volume of groundwater to exceed the limits in the following Table 1: Table 1—Limits on Radionuclides in the Representative Volume

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.