Code of Massachusetts Regulations
105 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Title 105 CMR 120.000 - The Control of Radiation
QUALITY ASSURANCE
Section 120.824 - Specific Technical Information

Universal Citation: 105 CMR 120.000 MA Code of Regs 120.824

Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024

The specific technical information shall include the following information needed for demonstration that the performance objectives and applicable technical requirements of 105 CMR 120.800 will be met:

(A) A description of the natural characteristics of the site and demographic characteristics of the surrounding areas and populations as determined by site selection and characterization activities. The description shall include geologic, geochemical, geotechnical, hydrologic, cultural, scenic, historical, ecologic, archaeologic, meteorologic, climatologic, and biotic features of the facility and vicinity.

(B) An identification of any known natural resources, the exploitation of which could result in inadvertent intrusion upon the site.

(C) A description of the design features of the facility, its waste management areas and any disposal units including, in particular, design features or other provisions for normal and abnormal or accident conditions. The description shall include those design features related to the following:

(1) Prevention or minimization of infiltration by water, plants, and animals;

(2) Water management features for water that may enter any disposal units or other waste management areas;

(3) Integrity and stability of engineered barriers;

(4) Stability of intruder barriers surrounding wastes;

(5) Facility drainage;

(6) Adequacy of the size of the buffer zone;

(7) Monitoring;

(8) Retrievability;

(9) Occupational exposures;

(10) Facility closure;

(11) Minimization to the extent practicable of long term active maintenance; and,

(12) Protection from inadvertent intrusion.

(D) A description of the relationship of the principal design features of the facility to the performance objectives set forth in 105 CMR 120.811 through 120.814, and to natural site characteristics and natural events or phenomena associated with the site.

(E) A description of codes and standards which the Operator has applied to the design and which will apply to construction of waste management areas and any disposal units. Such standards shall meet local, state and national building code standards.

(F) A description of the construction and operation of the facility, its waste management areas and any disposal units. The description shall include as a minimum the following:

(1) Methods of constructing any disposal units;

(2) Types of intruder barriers and onsite traffic controls;

(3) Methods and areas of waste treatment and storage;

(4) Drainage systems to control surface water or groundwater access to the wastes;

(5) Operator's environmental monitoring and surveillance;

(6) Receipt and handling of waste and inspection of waste and package integrity;

(7) Procedures for and areas of waste segregation;

(8) Any waste emplacement;

(9) Worker monitoring and surveillance;

(10) Survey control program; and,

(11) Methods to be employed in the handling and any disposal of wastes containing chelating agents or other non-radiological substances that might affect meeting the performance objectives set forth in 105 CMR 120.811 through 120.814.

(G) A description of the kind, amount, classification and specifications of waste proposed to be treated, stored or disposed of at the facility and a description of total facility design capacity and facility expected operating life.

(H) A description of the quality assurance program for the determination of natural site characteristics and for quality assurance during the design, construction, operation, and closure of the facility including, in particular, the receipt, handling, and emplacement of waste. Audits and managerial controls must be included.

(I) A description of the radiation safety program for control of radioactive effluents to ensure compliance with the performance objective set forth in 105 CMR 120.811; for control of occupational radiation exposure to ensure compliance with the requirements of 105 CMR 120.200 and for control of contamination of personnel, vehicles, equipment, buildings, and the facility. Both routine operations and accidents shall be addressed. The program description must include procedures, instrumentation, facilities, and equipment.

(J) A description of the Operator's environmental monitoring and the Operator's plans for taking remedial measures when necessary.

(K) A description of the administrative procedures that the Operator will apply to control activities at the facility.

(L) A description of the plan for facility closure and post closure observation and maintenance including those design features intended to facilitate facility closure and to minimize the need for long term active maintenance. Such plan shall include:

(1) A description of the relationship between individual waste containers (or disposal units, in the case of a disposal facility) and final closure;

(2) Procedures to be implemented to ensure that any disposal units at a facility will not be adversely affected by closure.

(M) A description of the waste containment within any disposal units as it applies to the design objective to provide total containment of wastes within disposal units for 100 years for Class A waste, 300 years for Class B waste, and 500 years for Class C waste.

(N) A description of the circumstances under which retrieval of waste would be necessary or desirable and the plans and the procedures to be used to effect retrieval. The description shall include an analysis of the impacts of waste retrieval on public and worker health and safety and the environment.

(O) A description of the waste minimization program that would be instituted to reduce the volume and activity of low-level radioactive waste generated at the facility pursuant to 105 CMR 120.890.

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