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10 CFR § 61.42 - Protection of individuals from inadvertent intrusion.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t10/s61.42"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "10 CFR § 61.42 - Protection of individuals from inadvertent intrusion."
title_number: 10
title_name: "Energy"
section_number: "61.42"
section_name: "Protection of individuals from inadvertent intrusion."
chapter_name: "NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION"
part_number: "61"
part_name: "LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND DISPOSAL OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Atomic Energy Act of 1954, secs. 53, 57, 62, 63, 65, 81, 161, 181, 182, 183, 223, 234 (42 U.S.C. 2073, 2077, 2092, 2093, 2095, 2111, 2201, 2231, 2232, 2233, 2273, 2282); Energy Reorganization Act of 1974, secs. 201, 206, 211 (42 U.S.C. 5841, 5846, 5851); Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985, sec. 2 (42 U.S.C. 2021b); 44 U.S.C. 3504 note."
regulatory_source: "47 FR 57463, Dec. 27, 1982, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "61"
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# 61.42 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.