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 12VAC5-481-2410 - Requirements for issuance of a license

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A license for the receipt, possession, and disposal of
						waste containing or contaminated with radioactive material will be issued by
						the agency upon finding that:
1. The
					 issuance of the license will not constitute an unreasonable risk to the health
					 and safety of the public;
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;
3. The
					 applicant's proposed disposal site, disposal design, land disposal facility
					 operations, including equipment, facilities, and procedures, disposal site
					 closure, and post-closure 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
					 12VAC5-481-2490;
4. The applicant's proposed disposal site,
					 disposal site design, land disposal facility operations, including equipment,
					 facilities, and procedures, disposal site closure, and post-closure
					 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
					 12VAC5-481-2520;
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 IV (12VAC5-481-600 et seq.) of this
					 chapter will be met;
6. The
					 applicant's proposed disposal site, disposal site design, land disposal
					 facility operations, disposal site closure, and post-closure 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. The applicant's
					 demonstration provides reasonable assurance that the applicable technical
					 requirements of this part will be met;
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 subdivisions 3
					 through 6 of this section and that the institutional control meets the
					 requirements of
					 12VAC5-481-2580; and
9. The financial or surety arrangements meet
					 the requirements of this part.
Statutory Authority
§ 32.1-229 of the Code of Virginia.