40 CFR § 197.4 - What standard must DOE meet?

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title: "40 CFR § 197.4 - What standard must DOE meet?"
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title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "197.4"
section_name: "What standard must DOE meet?"
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
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subchapter_name: "RADIATION PROTECTION PROGRAMS"
part_number: "197"
part_name: "PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA"
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authority: "Sec. 801, Pub. L. 102-486, 106 Stat. 2921, 42 U.S.C. 10141 n."
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# 197.4 What standard must DOE meet?

The DOE must ensure that no member of the public in the general environment receives more than an annual committed effective dose equivalent of 150 microsieverts (15 millirems) from the combination of:

(a) Management and storage (as defined in 40 CFR 191.2) of radioactive material that:

(1) Is subject to 40 CFR 191.3(a); and

(2) Occurs outside of the Yucca Mountain repository but within the Yucca Mountain site; and

(b) Storage (as defined in § 197.2) of radioactive material inside the Yucca Mountain repository.