Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-20-11-.16
Land disposal facilities must be sited, designed, operated, closed and controlled after closure so that reasonable assurance exists that exposures to humans are within the limits established in the performance objectives in paragraphs (2) through (5) of this rule.
Concentrations of radioactive material which may be released to the general environment in ground water, surface water, air, soil, plants or animals must not result in an annual dose exceeding an equivalent of 25 millirems to the whole body, 75 millirems to the thyroid and 25 millirems to any other organ of any member of the public. Reasonable effort shall be made to maintain releases of radioactivity in effluents to the general environment as low as is reasonably achievable.
Design, operation and closure of the land disposal facility must ensure protection of any individual inadvertently intruding into the disposal site and occupying the site or contacting the waste at any time after active institutional controls over the disposal site are removed.
Operations at the land disposal facility must be conducted in compliance with the standards for radiation protection set out in Chapter 0400-20-05, except for releases of radioactivity in effluents from the land disposal facility, which shall be governed by paragraph (2) of this rule. Every reasonable effort shall be made to maintain radiation exposures as low as is reasonably achievable. .
The disposal facility must be sited, designed, used, operated and closed to achieve long-term stability of the disposal site and to eliminate to the extent practicable the need for ongoing active maintenance of the disposal site following closure so that only surveillance, monitoring or minor custodial care are required.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0400-20-11-.16
Authority: T.C.A. §§ 68-202-101 et seq., 68-202-201 et seq., and 4-5-201 et seq.