Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 33 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part XV - Radiation Protection › Chapter 13 - Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste › Subchapter A - General Provisions › Section XV-1307 - Specific Technical Information

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
The specific technical information shall include the
					 following information needed for demonstration that the performance objectives
					 and the applicable technical requirements of this Chapter will be met:
A. a description of the natural and
				  demographic disposal site characteristics as determined by disposal site
				  selection and characterization activities. The description shall include
				  geologic, geochemical, geotechnical, hydrologic, ecologic, archaeologic,
				  meteorologic, climatologic, and biotic features of the disposal site and
				  vicinity;
B. a description of the
				  design features of the land disposal facility and the disposal units. For
				  near-surface disposal, the description shall include those design features
				  related to infiltration of water; integrity of covers for disposal units;
				  structural stability of backfill, wastes, and covers; contact of wastes with
				  standing water; disposal site drainage; disposal site closure and
				  stabilization; elimination to the extent practicable of long-term disposal site
				  maintenance; inadvertent intrusion; occupational exposures; disposal site
				  monitoring; and adequacy of the size of the buffer zone for monitoring and
				  potential mitigative measures;
C. a
				  description of the principal design criteria and their relationship to the
				  performance objectives;
D. a
				  description of the design basis natural events or phenomena and their
				  relationship to the principal design criteria;
E. a description of codes and standards which
				  the applicant has applied to the design and which will apply to construction of
				  the land disposal facilities;
F. a
				  description of the construction and operation of the land disposal facility.
				  The description shall include as a minimum the methods of construction of
				  disposal units; waste emplacement; the procedures for and areas of waste
				  segregation; types of intruder barriers; onsite traffic and drainage systems;
				  survey control program; methods and areas of waste storage; and methods to
				  control surface water and groundwater access to the wastes. The description
				  shall also include a description of the methods to be employed in the handling
				  and disposal of wastes containing chelating agents or other non-radiological
				  substances that might affect meeting the performance objectives of this
				  Chapter;
G. a description of the
				  disposal site closure plan, including those design features which are intended
				  to facilitate disposal site closure and to eliminate the need for ongoing
				  active maintenance;
H. an
				  identification of the known natural resources at the disposal site, whose
				  exploitation could result in inadvertent intrusion into the wastes after
				  removal of active institutional control;
I. a description of the kind, amount,
				  classification and specifications of the radioactive material proposed to be
				  received, possessed, and disposed of at the land disposal facility;
J. a description of the quality assurance
				  program, tailored to low-level radioactive waste disposal, developed and
				  applied by the applicant for the determination of natural disposal
				  characteristics and for quality assurance during the design, construction,
				  operation, and closure of the land disposal facility and for the receipt,
				  handling, and emplacement of waste;
K. a description of the radiation safety
				  program for control and monitoring of radioactive effluents to ensure
				  compliance with the performance objective in LAC 33:XV.1319 and occupational
				  radiation exposure to ensure compliance with the requirements of Chapter 4 of
				  these regulations and to control contamination of personnel, vehicles,
				  equipment, buildings, and the disposal site. Both routine operations and
				  accidents shall be addressed. The program description must include procedures,
				  instrumentation, facilities, and equipment;
L. a description of the environmental
				  monitoring program to provide data to evaluate potential health and
				  environmental impacts and the plan for taking corrective measures if migration
				  is indicated;
M. a description of
				  the administrative procedures that the applicant will apply to control
				  activities at the land disposal facility;
N. a description of the facility electronic
				  recordkeeping system as required in LAC 33:XV.1333.J.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
					 Promulgated in accordance with
					 R.S.
					 30:2001 et
					 seq.