South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-63 - Radioactive Materials (Title A)
Part X - LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR INTERIM STORAGE OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Section 61-63.X.RHA 10.1 - Purpose and Scope
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 9, September 27, 2024
10.1.1 The regulations in this part establishes the procedures, criteria, standards, terms, and conditions upon which the Department will require a license or an amendment to an existing license for the establishment and operation of facilities for the interim storage of low-level radioactive waste generated within the state which were or will be routinely transferred for permanent emplacement in a licensed low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. A license will not be issued for storage of waste under this part unless all efforts have been exhausted in determining all other waste management options. The requirements of this part are in addition to, and not in substitution for, other applicable requirements of these regulations or other regulations.
10.1.2 This part establishes technical requirements, procedural requirements, institutional requirements and performance objectives applicable to interim storage of radioactive waste.
10.1.3 Radioactive Material held for decay in storage under 4.8.15 of this regulation is exempted from the requirements in this part.
10.1.4 The regulations in this part do not apply to licensees of the Department or the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission who will store less than seventy-five (75) cubic feet of low-level radioactive waste with a total activity of ten (10) curies or less and where radiation levels on any single package do not exceed five (5) millirem (.05 mSv) per hour at thirty (30) centimeters. Unless exempted under 10.1.3, any facility which stores waste which will readily decompose and produce gases or free liquids or will degrade the integrity of the storage container is subject to the requirements in this part. The Department may on a case-by-case basis grant exemptions or exceptions from the requirements of this part as it determines are authorized by law and will not result in undue hazard to public health and safety or the environment. These licensees will be subject to existing regulations for the possession and control of these radioactive materials under the terms and conditions of their specific license. Any facility constructed specifically for the storage of low-level radioactive waste must comply with the requirements in this part unless exempted by the Department.
10.1.5 Facilities licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission under the authority in 10 CFR 150.15 are exempt from this part unless otherwise authorized by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission or by state or federal statute.
