10 CFR 60.133, Additional Design Criteria for the Underground Facility

Additional design criteria for the underground facility

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(a) General criteria for the underground facility. (1) The orientation, geometry, layout, and depth of the underground facility, and the design of any engineered barriers that are part of the underground facility shall contribute to the containment and isolation of radionuclides.

(2) The underground facility shall be designed so that the effects of credible disruptive events during the period of operations, such as flooding, fires and explosions, will not spread through the facility.

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(b) Flexibility of design. The underground facility shall be designed with sufficient flexibility to allow adjustments where necessary to accommodate specific site conditions identified through in situ monitoring, testing, or excavation.

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(c) Retrieval of waste. The underground facility shall be designed to permit retrieval of waste in accordance with the performance objectives of § 60.111.

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(d) Control of water and gas. The design of the underground facility shall provide for control of water or gas intrusion.

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(e) Underground openings. (1) Openings in the underground facility shall be designed so that operations can be carried out safely and the retrievability option maintained.

(2) Openings in the underground facility shall be designed to reduce the potential for deleterious rock movement or fracturing of overlying or surrounding rock.

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(f) Rock excavation. The design of the underground facility shall incorporate excavation methods that will limit the potential for creating a preferential pathway for groundwater to contact the waste packages or radionuclide migration to the accessible environment.

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(g) Underground facility ventilation. The ventilation system shall be designed to:

(1) Control the transport of radioactive particulates and gases within and releases from the underground facility in accordance with the performance objectives of § 60.111(a),

(2) Assure the ability to perform essential safety functions assuming occurrence of design basis events.

(3) Separate the ventilation of excavation and waste emplacement areas.

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(h) Engineered barriers. Engineered barriers shall be designed to assist the geologic setting in meeting the performance objectives for the period following permanent closure.

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, as amended at 50 FR 29648, July 22, 1985; 61 FR 64270, Dec. 4, 1996]

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Title 10 Part 60 - DISPOSAL OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES IN GEOLOGIC REPOSITORIES
10 CFR: 1 2 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 19 20 21 25 26 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 39 40 50 51 52 54 55 60 61 62 63 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 81 95 100 140 150 160 170 171
1, General Provisions, Purpose and scope 2, Definitions 3, License required 4, Communications and records 5, Interpretations 6, Exemptions 7, License not required for certain preliminary activities 8, Information collection requirements: Approval 9, Employee protection 10, Completeness and accuracy of information 11, Deliberate misconduct 15, Licenses, Site characterization 16, Site characterization plan required 17, Contents of site characterization plan 18, Review of site characterization activities.^{<a href="#N_1_6018">2</a>} 21, License Applications, Content of application 22, Filing and distribution of application 23, Elimination of repetition 24, Updating of application and environmental impact statement 31, Construction Authorization, Construction authorization 32, Conditions of construction authorization 33, Amendment of construction authorization 41, License Issuance and Amendment, Standards for issuance of a license 42, Conditions of license 43, License specification 44, Changes, tests, and experiments 45, Amendment of license 46, Particular activities requiring license amendment 47, US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement, Facility information and verification 51, Permanent Closure, License amendment for permanent closure 52, Termination of license 61, Participation by State Governments and Affected Indian Tribes, Provision of information 62, Site review 63, Participation in license reviews 64, Notice to States 65, Representation 71, Records, Reports, Tests, and Inspections, Records and reports 72, Construction records 73, Reports of deficiencies 74, Tests 75, Inspections 78, Material control and accounting records and reports 101, Technical Criteria, Purpose and nature of findings 102, Concepts 111, Performance Objectives, Performance of the geologic repository operations area through permanent closure 112, Overall system performance objective for the geologic repository after permanent closure 113, Performance of particular barriers after permanent closure 121, Land Ownership and Control, Requirements for ownership and control of interests in land 122, Siting Criteria, Siting criteria 130, Design Criteria for the Geological Repository Operations Area, General considerations 131, General design criteria for the geologic repository operations area 132, Additional design criteria for surface facilities in the geologic repository operations area 133, Additional design criteria for the underground facility 134, Design of seals for shafts and boreholes 135, Design Criteria for the Waste Package, Criteria for the waste package and its components 136, Preclosure Controlled Area, Preclosure controlled area 137, Performance Confirmation Requirements, General requirements for performance confirmation 140, Performance Confirmation Program, General requirements 141, Confirmation of geotechnical and design parameters 142, Design testing 143, Monitoring and testing waste packages 150, Quality Assurance, Scope 151, Applicability 152, Implementation 160, Training and Certification of Personnel, General requirements 161, Training and certification program 162, Physical requirements 181, Violations 183, Criminal penalties Appendices:

10 CFR 60.133, Additional Design Criteria for the Underground Facility

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