Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 138 - Public Utilities Commission
Chapter 7855 - CERTIFICATE OF NEED; LARGE ENERGY FACILITY
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR NUCLEAR WASTE STORAGE OR DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Part 7855.0600 - NUCLEAR WASTE, DISPOSAL FACILITY; DESCRIPTION
Universal Citation: MN Rules 7855.0600
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 13, September 23, 2024
Each application for a nuclear waste storage or disposal facility shall contain the following information:
A. a physical description of the facility, including:
(1) its location, to the fullest
extent known;
(2) the required land
area, the height of the tallest structures, and if applicable, the depth and
size of any underground caverns;
(3) its design capacity in cubic meters;
and
(4) a schematic drawing showing
major components of the facility;
B. data regarding design and construction of the facility, including:
(1) if known, the
complete name and business address of the engineer and firm that would be
responsible for the design of the facility;
(2) if known, the complete name and business
address of the company which would construct the facility;
(3) the proposed date for commencing
construction and the proposed in-service date;
(4) a description of the construction
techniques;
(5) the estimated
installed cost of the facility in current dollars; and
(6) the estimated economic life of the
facility; and
C. data regarding operation and retirement of the facility, including:
(1) a narrative description of the steps of
the storage or disposal process, starting at the point the nuclear wastes are
produced;
(2) the sources, types,
and amounts of nuclear waste products that would be stored, the methods of
transporting these materials to the facility, and the level of radioactivity of
each in curies per year;
(3) if the
facility is only for temporary storage, the length of time material would be
stored there and the method of transporting the material to its disposal site;
and
(4) the expected maintenance
requirements of the facility, if any.
Statutory Authority: MS s 216B.08; 216B.2421; 216B.243; 216C.10
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