10 CFR 60.17, Contents of Site Characterization Plan

Contents of site characterization plan The site characterization plan shall contain--

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(a) A general plan for site characterization activities to be conducted at the area to be characterized, which general plan shall include:

(1) A description of such area, including information on quality assurance programs that have been applied to the collection, recording, and retention of information used in preparing such description.

(2) A description of such site characterization activities, including the following--

(i) The extent of planned excavations;

(ii) Plans for any onsite testing with radioactive material, including radioactive tracers, or nonradioactive material;

(iii) Plans for any investigation activities that may affect the capability of such area to isolate high-level radioactive waste;

(iv) Plans to control any adverse impacts from such site characterization activities that are important to safety or that are important to waste isolation; and

(v) Plans to apply quality assurance to data collection, recording, and retention.

(3) Plans for the decontamination and decommissioning of such area, and for the mitigation of any significant adverse environmental impacts caused by site characterization activities, if such area is determined unsuitable for application for a construction authorization for a geologic repository operations area;

(4) Criteria, developed pursuant to section 112(a) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, to be used to determine the suitability of such area for the location of a geologic repository; and

(5) Any other information which the Commission, by rule or order, requires.

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(b) A description of the possible waste form or waste package for the high-level radioactive waste to be emplaced in such geologic repository, a description (to the extent practicable) of the relationship between such waste form or waste package and the host rock at such area, and a description of the activities being conducted by DOE with respect to such possible waste form or waste package or their relationship; and

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(c) A conceptual design for the geologic repository operations area that takes into account likely site-specific requirements.

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v t e Code of Federal Regulations
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 60.17, Contents of Site Characterization Plan

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