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 7.10 - Requirements for Issuance of a License

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 6, June 28, 2024
A license for the receipt, possession, and disposal of waste
				  containing or contaminated with radioactive material will be issued by the
				  Department upon finding that:
7.10.1 The
				issuance of the license will not constitute an unreasonable risk to the health and
				safety of the public;
7.10.2 The
				applicant is qualified by reason of training and experience to carry out the
				disposal operations requested in a manner that protects health and minimizes danger
				to life or property;
7.10.3 The
				applicant's proposed disposal site, disposal design, land disposal facility
				operations, including equipment, facilities, and procedures, disposal site closure,
				and postclosure institutional control are adequate to protect the public health and
				safety in that they provide reasonable assurance that the general population will be
				protected from releases of radioactivity as specified in the performance objective
				in 7.18;
7.10.4 The applicant's proposed
				disposal site, disposal site design, land disposal facility operations, including
				equipment, facilities, and procedures, disposal site closure, and postclosure
				institutional control are adequate to protect the public health and safety in that
				they will provide reasonable assurance that individual inadvertent intruders are
				protected in accordance with the performance objective in 7.19;
7.10.5 The applicant's proposed land disposal
				facility operations, including equipment, facilities, and procedures, are adequate
				to protect the public health and safety in that they will provide reasonable
				assurance that the standards for radiation protection set out in Part III of these
				regulations will be met;
7.10.6 The
				applicant's proposed disposal site, disposal site design, land disposal facility
				operations, disposal site closure, and postclosure institutional control are
				adequate to protect the public health and safety in that they will provide
				reasonable assurance that long-term stability of the disposed waste and the disposal
				site will be achieved and will eliminate to the extent practicable the need for
				ongoing active maintenance of the disposal site following closure;
7.10.7 The applicant's demonstration provides
				reasonable assurance that the applicable technical requirements of this part will be
				met;
7.10.8 The applicant's proposal for
				institutional control provides reasonable assurance that such control will be
				provided for the length of time found necessary to ensure the findings in 7.10.3
				through 7.10.6 and that the institutional control meets the requirements of 7.27;
				and
7.10.9 The financial or surety
				arrangements meet the requirements of this part.
7.10.10 The applicant's Quality Assurance Plan
				describing the methods and procedures used to ensure that the disposal units are
				constructed in accordance with the approved designs and applicable standards and
				that the waste complies with the requirements of this regulation and the
				license.