South Carolina Code of Regulations › Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL › Subchapter 61-63 - Radioactive Materials (Title A) › Part VII - LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE › Section 61-63.VII.RHA 7.6 - Specific Technical Information

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 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 will be met:
7.6.1 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, archaelogic, meteorologic, climatologic, and
				biotic features of the disposal site and vicinity.
7.6.2 A description of the design features of the
				land disposal facility and the disposal units. For near-surface disposal, the
				description shall include a complete description of the engineered barriers; those
				design features related to infiltration of water; integrity of covers for disposal
				units, design of covers for disposal units; structural stability of engineered
				barriers, 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.
7.6.3 A description of the principal design
				criteria and their relationship to the performance objectives.
7.6.4 A description of the design basis natural
				events or phenomena and their relationship to the principal design
				criteria.
7.6.5 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.
7.6.6 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 part.
7.6.7 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.
7.6.8 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.
7.6.9 A description of the
				kind, amount, classification and specification of the radioactive material proposed
				to be received, possessed, and disposed of at the land disposal facility.
7.6.10 A description of the quality control
				program for the determination of natural disposal site characteristics and for
				quality control 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.
7.6.11 A description of the radiation safety
				program for control and monitoring of radioactive effluents to ensure compliance
				with the performance objective in 7.18 and occupational radiation exposure to ensure
				compliance with the requirements of Part III 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.
7.6.12 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.
7.6.13 A description of the
				administrative procedures that the applicant will apply to control activities at the
				land disposal facility.
7.6.14 A
				description of the facility electronic recordkeeping system as required in
				RHA 7.32.