40 CFR 197.20 : Protection Of Environment (§ 1.1 To Parts 1851-1899) — (§ 190.01 To Part 259) — Environmental Protection Agency (Continued) (§ 190.01 To Part 259) — Radiation Protection Programs (§ 190.01 To Appendix A To Part 197) — Public Health And Environmental Radiation Protection Standards For Yucca Mountain, Nevada (§ 197.1 To Appendix A To Part 197) — Public Health And Environmental Standards For Disposal (§ 197.11 To Appendix A To Part 197) — Individual-Protection Standard (§ 197.20 And § 197.21) — What standard must DOE meet?

(a) The 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 committed effective dose equivalent from releases from the undisturbed Yucca Mountain disposal system:

(1) 150 microsieverts (15 millirems) for 10,000 years following disposal; and

(2) 1 millisievert (100 millirems) after 10,000 years, but within the period of geologic stability.

(b) The DOE's performance assessment must include all potential pathways of radionuclide transport and exposure.