Overview of EPA`s environmental standards for the land disposal
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Radiation Programs
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program to develop proposed generally applicable environmental standards for land disposal of low-level radioactive waste and certain naturally occurring and accelerator-produced radioactive wastes has been completed. The elements of the proposed standards include the following: (1) exposure limits for pre-disposal management and storage operations, (2) criteria for other regulatory agencies to follow in specifying wastes that are Below Regulatory Concern (BRC), (3) post-disposal exposure limits, (4) ground water protection requirements, and (5) qualitative implementation requirements. In addition to covering those radioactive wastes subject to the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), the Agency also intends to propose a standard to require the disposal of high concentration, Naturally occurring and Accelerator-produced Radioactive Materials (NARM) wastes exceeding 2 nCi/g, excluding a few consumer items, in regulated LLW disposal facilities.
- Research Organization:
- EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States). National Low-Level Waste Management Program
- OSTI ID:
- 330564
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-890854--Vol.1; ON: DE98050435
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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