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 C - REGIONAL FACILITY LICENSE
LICENSE APPLICATION
Section 236.208 - Specific technical information

Universal Citation: 25 PA Code § 236.208

Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 13, March 29, 2025

The specific technical information shall include information needed for demonstrating that the performance objectives and the applicable technical requirements of this chapter will be met. The following shall be included:

(1) A description of the natural and demographic disposal site characteristics as determined by site screening and characterization activities contained in Subchapter B (relating to requirements for siting the regional disposal facility). The description shall include demographic, meteorologic, climatologic, biotic, ecologic, hydrologic, geologic (including geochemical and geotechnical) and natural resource features of the disposal site and vicinity.

(2) A description of the design features of the disposal facility and the disposal units. The description shall include those design features related to the following:

(i) Minimization of water intrusion.

(ii) Integrity of covers for disposal units.

(iii) Structural stability.

(iv) Contact of wastes with standing water.

(v) Disposal site drainage.

(vi) Closure and stabilization.

(vii) Recoverability.

(viii) Elimination to the extent practicable of long term active maintenance.

(ix) Protection from inadvertent intrusion.

(x) Occupational exposures.

(xi) Monitoring.

(xii) Adequacy of the size of the buffer zone for monitoring and potential remedial measures.

(3) A description of the principal design features and their relationship to the performance objectives.

(4) A description of the engineered structures which the applicant has incorporated into the design and which will apply to construction of the disposal facility.

(5) A description of codes and standards which the applicant has applied to the design and which will apply to construction of the disposal facility.

(6) A description of the construction and operation of the disposal facility. The description shall include at a minimum:

(i) Methods of constructing the disposal units.

(ii) Waste emplacement.

(iii) Procedures for and areas of waste segregation.

(iv) Types of intruder barriers.

(v) Onsite traffic and drainage systems.

(vi) Survey control program.

(vii) Methods and areas of waste storage.

(viii) Methods to control water access to the wastes.

(ix) The methods to be employed in the handling and disposal of wastes containing chelating agents or other nonradiological substances that might affect meeting the performance objectives of Subchapter A (relating to general provisions).

(7) A description of the disposal site closure and decommissioning plan under § 236.411 (relating to site closure and decommissioning plan); specifically those design features which are intended to facilitate disposal site closure and to eliminate the need for ongoing active maintenance.

(8) An identification of the known natural resources at the disposal site, exploitation of which could result in inadvertent intrusion into the waste after removal of active institutional control.

(9) A description of the various low-level waste streams and the physical and chemical properties, and the volumes and different classes of waste proposed to be received, possessed and disposed of at the disposal facility. The description shall include consideration of projected variations in future waste streams and volumes and their potential affect on the disposal facility.

(10) A description of the radiation safety program for control and monitoring of radioactive effluents to ensure compliance with the performance objective in Subchapter A and occupational radiation exposure to ensure compliance with Chapter 219 (relating to standards for protection against radiation) and to control contamination of personnel, vehicles, equipment, buildings and the disposal site. Both routine operations and accidents shall be addressed. The program description shall include procedures, instrumentation, facilities and equipment. Application of as low as reasonably achievable shall be discussed.

(11) A description of the monitoring program under § 236.409 (relating to monitoring plan) to provide data to evaluate disposal facility performance, potential health and environmental impacts and the plan for taking remedial measures.

(12) A description of the administrative procedures that the applicant will apply to control activities at the disposal facility.

(13) A description of potential operational accidents and the methodology to assure that likely accident scenarios are bounded.

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 236.204 (relating to content of a license application).

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