Code of Vermont Rules › Agency 12 - AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES › Sub-Agency 032 - WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION › Chapter 005 - LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL SITING, SCREENING, AND CERTIFICATION REGULATIONS › Section 12 032 005 - LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL SITING, SCREENING, AND CERTIFICATION REGULATIONS

Current through June, 2024
0-100 PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES
0-101 Protection of the general population
				from releases of radioactivity. Concentrations of radioactive material which
				may be released to the general environment in ground water, surface water, air,
				soil, plants, or animals must not result in an annual dose exceeding an
				equivalent of 25 millirems to the whole body, 75 millirems to the thyroid, and
				25 millirems to any other organ of any member of the public. Reasonable effort
				should be made to maintain releases of radioactivity in effluents to the
				general environment as low as is reasonably achievable. (
				10
				CFR 61.41 )
0-102 Protection of individuals from
				inadvertent intrusion. Design, operation, and closure of the land disposal
				facility must ensure protection of any individual inadvertently intruding into
				the disposal site and occupying the site or contacting the waste at any time
				after active institutional controls over the disposal site are removed.(
				10 CFR
				61.42 )
0-103 Protection of individuals during
				operations. Operations at the land disposal facility must be conducted in
				compliance with the standards for radiation protection set out in part in 10
				CFR, Part 20 except for releases of radioactivity in effluents from the land
				disposal facility which shall be governed by
				10
				CFR 61.41. Every reasonable effort shall be
				made to maintain radiation exposures as low as is reasonably achievable. (
				10 CFR
				61.43 )
0-104 Stability of the disposal site after
				closure. The disposal facility must be sited, designed, used, operated, and
				closed to achieve long-term stability of the disposal site and to eliminate to
				the extent practicable the need for ongoing active maintenance of the disposal
				site following closure so that only surveillance, monitoring, or minor
				custodial care are required. (
				10 CFR
				61.44 )
0-105 The maximum allowable average annual
				concentration of radioactivity in community water supplies due to man-made
				radionuclides shall comply with 40 CFR 141.15 and 141.16 as given below:
40 CFR 141.15: Maximum contaminant levels for radium-226,
				  radium-228, and gross alpha particle radioactivity in community water
				  systems.
The following are the maximum contaminant levels for
				  radium-226, radium-228, and gross alpha radioactivity:
a) Combined radium-226 and radium-228 --
				5pCi/l.
b) Gross alpha particle
				activity (including radium-226 but excluding radon and uranium) -- 15pCi/l
40 CFR 141.16: Maximum contaminant levels for beta particle
				  and photon radioactivity from man-made radionuclides in community water
				  systems.
a) The average annual
				concentration of beta particle and photon radioactivity from man-made
				radionuclides in drinking water shall not produce an annual dose equivalent to
				the total body or any internal organ greater than 4 millirem/year.
b) Except for the radionuclides listed in
				Table A, the concentration of man-made radionuclides causing 4 mrem total body
				or organ dose equivalents shall be calculated on the basis of a 2 liter per day
				drinking water intake using 168 hour data listed in Maximum Permissible Body
				Burdens and Maximum Permissible Concentration of Radionuclides in Air or Water
				for Occupational Exposure, NBS Handbook 69 as amended August. 1963, U.S.
				Department of Commerce. If two or more radionuclides are present, the sum of
				their annual dose equivalent to the total body or any organ shall not exceed 4
				millirem/year.
Table A -- AVERAGE ANNUAL CONCENTRATIONS ASSUMED TO PRODUCE A
				  TOTAL BODY OR ORGAN DOSE OF 4 MREM/YR
Radionuclides
Critical
						  Organ
pCi/liter
Tritium
Total body
20,000
Strontium-90
Bone marrow
8
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