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25 Pa. Code § 236.508. Determination of hazardous life of the waste.

§ 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.

Cross References

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


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