Virginia Administrative Code › Title 12 - HEALTH › Agency 5 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH › Chapter 481 - VIRGINIA RADIATION PROTECTION REGULATIONS › Part XI - Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste › Article 2 - General Regulatory Provisions › Section 12VAC5-481-2370 - Specific technical information

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 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:
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.
2. 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.
3. A
					 description of the principal design criteria and their relationship to the
					 performance objectives.
4. A
					 description of the design basis natural events or phenomena and their
					 relationship to the principal design criteria.
5. A description of codes and standards that
					 the applicant has applied to the design and that will apply to construction of
					 the land disposal facilities.
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 nonradiological
					 substances that might affect meeting the performance objectives of this
					 part.
7. A description of the
					 disposal site closure plan, including those design features that are intended
					 to facilitate disposal site closure and to eliminate the need for ongoing
					 active maintenance.
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.
9. 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.
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.
11. A description of the radiation safety
					 program for control and monitoring of radioactive effluents to ensure
					 compliance with the performance objective in
					 12VAC5-481-2490 and occupational
					 radiation exposure to ensure compliance with the requirements of Part IV
					 (12VAC5-481-600 et seq.) of this
					 chapter 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.
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.
13. A description of the administrative
					 procedures that the applicant will apply to control activities at the land
					 disposal facility.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-229 of the Code of Virginia.