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 E - REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND CLOSURE OF THE REGIONAL DISPOSAL FACILITY
Section 236.409 - Monitoring plan

(a) The applicant shall submit a monitoring plan. The monitoring plan shall discuss the function and interrelationship of the requirements of §§ 236.324, 236.325 and 236.410 (relating to disposal unit monitoring; material performance monitoring; and environmental monitoring).

(b) The licensee shall have a contingency plan for taking remedial measures including recovery of waste if the disposal unit monitoring system or environmental monitoring system detects radioactive material which would indicate that the performance objectives of Subchapter A (relating to general provisions) may not be met. The plan shall identify the necessary training, management procedures and equipment required for corrective action.

(c) The plan shall specifically address monitoring during the preoperational, operational, closure and long term care periods.

(d) An offsite radiation measurement that exceeds the natural background, as established during preoperational environmental monitoring, shall be reported immediately to the Department and host municipality and county. Actions shall be initiated by the licensee to identify and abate the source of the offsite radiation that exceeds the natural background.