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 F - WASTE CLASSIFICATION, WASTE CHARACTERISTICS, LABELING AND MANIFESTS
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM
Section 236.508 - Determination of hazardous life of the waste

The hazardous life of the waste is the amount of time that it takes for the disposed low-level radioactive waste to decay to levels so that it can be demonstrated that unrestricted use of the site would result in a dose to a member of the public using the site that is no greater than the dose from natural background radioactivity, in the soil, prior to the site being used for disposal.

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 236.247 (relating to termination of license).