Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article V - Radiological Health
Chapter 236 - LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL
Subchapter A - GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL
Section 236.1 - Purpose and scope
Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 13, March 29, 2025
(a) This chapter establishes procedures, criteria and terms and conditions upon which the Department issues a license for the disposal of low-level radioactive wastes received from other persons. The requirements of this chapter are in addition to other applicable requirements of this article.
(b) This chapter establishes performance objectives, and technical and procedural requirements which are applicable to any method of disposal except shallow land burial, as defined in § 236.2 (relating to definitions).
(c) This chapter does not apply to disposal of byproduct material, as defined in section 11(e)(2) of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C.A. § 2014(e)(2)) in quantities greater than 10,000 kilograms containing more than 5 millicuries of radium-226.
