No license for the operation of a facility shall be granted to any applicant who proposes a disposal design which uses traditional shallow land burial as used prior to 1979. The disposal cells of the facility shall be built above grade levels and designed to meet the state‘s zero-release objectives. An applicant shall present a disposal design for aboveground disposal or other technology which contains one or more engineered, artificially constructed barriers to isolate the waste from the surrounding environment. An applicant shall present a plan of continuous environmental monitoring to detect any releases of radiation from the disposal facility and having the capability of providing early warning of releases of radiation from the facility. The monitoring plan shall cover the operational life of the facility and such time period following site closure and stabilization that is necessary to protect the health and safety of the public. An applicant shall present a plan for the recovery, cleanup, or other corrective action necessary as a result of the release of radiation from the facility. The facility design shall include a plan for retrievability and removal of all waste.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 81-15,101.02

  • Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Disposal: shall mean the isolation and final disposition of radioactive waste from the biosphere by emplacement in a facility that employs technology dictated by a zero-release objective. See Nebraska Statutes 81-1588
  • Facility: shall mean the land, building, and equipment selected pursuant to the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact and used or to be used for the disposal of low-level radioactive waste. See Nebraska Statutes 81-1590
  • Operational life of the facility: shall mean the period of time commencing when low-level radioactive waste is initially received at the facility and ending when the facility permanently ceases to receive such waste for disposal. See Nebraska Statutes 81-1591.01
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801