New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 20 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 3 - RADIATION PROTECTION › Part 13 - LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE › Section 20.3.13.1305 - SPECIFIC TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The specific technical information shall include the
				  following information needed for demonstration that the performance objectives
				  and the applicable technical requirements of this part (20.3.13 NMAC) 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 employment, the procedures for and areas of waste
				segregation, types of intruder barriers, on-site traffic and drainage systems,
				survey control program, methods and areas of waste storage, and methods to
				control surface water and ground water 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 part
				(20.3.13 NMAC);
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 for the determination of natural disposal site characteristics and for
				quality assurance during the design, construction, operation and closure of the
				land disposal facility; and the receipt, handling and emplacement of waste;
				audits and managerial controls must be included;
K. a description of the radiation safety
				program for control and monitoring of radioactive effluents to ensure
				compliance with the performance objective in 20.3.13.1317 NMAC and occupational
				radiation exposure to ensure compliance with the requirements of 20.3.4 NMAC,
				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 of radionuclides is indicated;
M. a description of the administrative
				procedures that the applicant will apply to control activities at the land
				disposal facility; and
N. a
				description of the facility electronic record keeping system as required in
				20.3.13.1334 NMAC.