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10 CFR §63.311

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  1. (a)DOE must demonstrate, using performance assessment, that there is a reasonable expectation that the reasonably maximally exposed individual receives no more than the following annual dose from releases from the undisturbed Yucca Mountain disposal system:
    1. (1)0.15 mSv (15 mrem) for 10,000 years following disposal; and
    2. (2)1.0 mSv (100 mrem) after 10,000 years, but within the period of geologic stability.
  2. (b)DOE's performance assessment must include all potential pathways of radionuclide transport and exposure.