Section 236.508. Determination of hazardous life of the waste  


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  • 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.

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