NAC459.808. Application for license: Technical information.

An applicant for a license to operate a disposal area must submit to the Division the following technical information to demonstrate that the applicant is capable of meeting the objectives and technical requirements of disposal:

     1. A description of the natural and demographic characteristics of the disposal area, including geologic, geotechnical, hydrologic, meteorologic, climatologic and biotic features of the disposal area and its vicinity.

     2. A description of the design of the disposal area and proposed disposal units. For disposal near the surface, the description must include those features of the design related to:

     (a) The infiltration of water;

     (b) Integrity of covers for disposal units;

     (c) Structural stability of backfill, wastes and covers;

     (d) Contact of wastes with standing water;

     (e) Drainage;

     (f) Closure and stabilization;

     (g) Elimination, to the extent practicable, of long-term maintenance;

     (h) Prevention of inadvertent intrusion;

     (i) Exposure of employees to radiation;

     (j) Detection of radiation in the disposal area; and

     (k) Adequacy of the size of the buffer zone for detection and prevention of the migration of radionuclides.

     3. A description of the principal criteria of the design and their relationship to the objectives of disposal.

     4. A description of the natural events or phenomena on which the design is based and their relationship to the principal criteria of the design.

     5. A description of codes and standards of construction which the applicant has applied to the design and which will apply to construction of the disposal area.

     6. A description of the construction and operation of the disposal area. The description must include, at a minimum the:

     (a) Methods of construction of disposal units;

     (b) Methods for emplacement of waste;

     (c) Procedures and areas for the segregation of waste;

     (d) Types of barriers against intruders;

     (e) Systems for vehicular traffic and drainage on the site;

     (f) Program for control of emplacement by surveying;

     (g) Methods and areas of waste storage;

     (h) Methods to control the access of surface water and groundwater to the wastes; and

     (i) Methods to be employed in the handling and disposal of wastes containing chelating agents or other nonradiological substances which may affect compliance with the objectives of disposal.

     7. A description of the plan for closure of the disposal area, including those features of the design which are intended to facilitate closure of the disposal area and to eliminate the need for active maintenance.

     8. An identification of those known natural resources at the disposal area whose future exploitation may result in inadvertent intrusion into the wastes after the removal of governmental control of the area.

     9. A description of the kind, amount, classification and specifications of the radioactive material proposed to be received, possessed and disposed of at the disposal area.

     10. A description of the programs for ensuring reliability:

     (a) In the determination of natural characteristics of the disposal area;

     (b) During the design, construction, operation and closure of the disposal area; and

     (c) For the receipt, handling and emplacement of waste, including audits and managerial controls.

     11. A description of the program for:

     (a) Control and detection of radioactive effluents to ensure compliance with the requirements of NAC 459.8155;

     (b) Control and measurement of exposure of employees to radiation to ensure compliance with the requirements of NAC 459.320 to 459.374, inclusive; and

     (c) Control of contamination of personnel, vehicles, equipment, buildings and the disposal area. The programs must govern both routine operations and accidents and the descriptions must include applicable procedures, instrumentation, facilities and equipment.

     12. A description of the program for detection and measurement of radionuclides migrating from the disposal area to provide data to evaluate potential effects on health and the environment and the plan for taking corrective measures if a migration of radionuclides is discovered.

     13. A description of the administrative procedures that the applicant will apply to control activities at the disposal area.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 4-27-84; A 1-18-94)