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 D - DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REGIONAL DISPOSAL FACILITY
DESIGN CRITERIA
Section 236.314 - Enhanced containment
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) The disposal facility shall include engineered structures. The engineered structures shall provide additional measures for isolation of waste from the environment. For the purpose of this section, the container by itself cannot satisfy requirements for enhanced containment.
(b) At a minimum, the engineered structures shall provide:
(c) The disposal facility shall independently comply with performance objectives in §§ 236.13 and 236.16 (relating to protection of the general population and environment from releases of radioactivity; and stability of the disposal site) without consideration of natural site features, through the active institutional control period.
(d) The design goal for the disposal facility to provide containment of the different classes of waste shall be for the following minimum time periods:
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 236.301 (relating to scope and purpose); 25 Pa. Code § 236.324 (relating to disposal unit monitoring); and 25 Pa. Code § 236.502 (relating to classes of waste).
