Section 157.30. Waste management.

 

(1)   General requirements.

(a) A licensee or registrant disposing of licensed or registered material may use any of the following methods:

1. Transfer to an authorized recipient as provided in sub. (6) or in subch. II , or to the U.S. department of energy.

2. Decay while in storage.

3. Release in effluents within the limits in s. DHS 157.23 (1) .

4. Dispose of as authorized under sub. (2) , (3) , (4) , (5) or (8) .

(b) A person shall be specifically licensed or registered to receive waste containing licensed or registered material from other persons for any of the following:

1. Treatment prior to disposal.

2. Treatment or disposal by incineration.

3. Decay while in storage.

4. Disposal at a land disposal facility authorized to receive radioactive waste.

5. Storage until transferred to a storage or disposal facility authorized to receive the waste.

(2)   Method for obtaining approval of proposed disposal procedures. A licensee or registrant or applicant for a license or registration may apply to the department for approval of proposed procedures, not otherwise authorized in this chapter, to dispose of licensed or registered material generated in the licensee's or registrant's operations. Each application shall be in writing and shall include all of the following:

(a) A description of the waste containing licensed or registered material to be disposed of, including the physical and chemical properties that have an effect on risk evaluation and the proposed manner and conditions of waste disposal.

(b) An analysis and evaluation of information on the nature of the environment.

(c) The nature and location of other potentially affected facilities.

(d) Analyses and procedures to ensure that doses are maintained ALARA and within the dose limits in this chapter.

(3)   Disposal by release into sanitary sewerage.

(a) A licensee or registrant may discharge licensed or registered material into sanitary sewerage if each of the following conditions is satisfied:

1. The material is readily soluble, or is readily dispersible biological material, in water.

2. The quantity of licensed or registered radioactive material that the licensee or registrant releases into the sewer in one month divided by the average monthly volume of water released into the sewer by the licensee or registrant does not exceed the concentration listed in Table III of Appendix E.

3. If more than one radionuclide is released, all the following conditions shall also be satisfied:

a. A licensee or registrant shall determine the fraction of the limit in Table III of Appendix E represented by discharges into sanitary sewerage by dividing the actual monthly average concentration of each radionuclide released by the licensee or registrant into the sewer by the concentration of that radionuclide listed in Table III of Appendix E.

b. The sum of the fractions for each radionuclide required by subd. 3. a. does not exceed unity.

c. The total quantity of licensed or registered radioactive material that the licensee or registrant releases into the sanitary sewerage in a year does not exceed 185 GBq (5 Ci) of hydrogen-3, 37 GBq (1 Ci) of carbon-14 and 37 GBq (1 Ci) of all other radioactive materials combined.

(b) Excreta from individuals undergoing medical diagnosis or therapy with radioactive material are not subject to the limitations contained in par. (a) .

(4)   Treatment or disposal by incineration. A licensee or registrant may treat or dispose of licensed or registered material by incineration only in the form and concentration specified in sub. (5) or as specifically approved by the department under sub. (2) .

(5)   Disposal of specific wastes.

(a) A licensee or registrant may dispose of all of the following licensed or registered material as if the material were not radioactive:

1. 1.85 kBq (0.05 m Ci) or less of hydrogen-3, iodine-125 or carbon-14 per gram of medium used for liquid scintillation counting.

2. 1.85 kBq (0.05 m Ci) or less of hydrogen-3, iodine-125 or carbon-14 per gram of animal tissue, averaged over the weight of the entire animal.

(b) A licensee or registrant may not dispose of tissue under par. (a) 2. in a manner that would permit its use either as food for humans or as animal feed.

(c) A licensee or registrant shall maintain records under s. DHS 157.31 (9) .

(6)   Transfer for disposal and manifests.

(a) The requirements of this subsection and Appendix G are designed to control transfers of low-level radioactive waste by any waste generator, waste collector or waste processor licensee who ships low level waste either directly, or indirectly through a waste collector or waste processor, to a licensed low level waste land disposal facility; establish a shipping manifest tracking system and supplement existing requirements concerning transfers and record keeping for those wastes.

(b) Any licensee shipping radioactive waste or byproduct material as defined in s. DHS 157.03 (50) (c) to (e) intended for ultimate disposal at a licensed land disposal facility shall document the information required in Appendix G, Section I and transfer this recorded information to the intended consignee in accordance with the requirements of Appendix G.

(c) Each shipment manifest shall include a certification by the waste generator as specified in Appendix G, Section II.

(d) Each person involved in the transfer of waste for disposal or in the disposal of waste, including the waste generator, waste collector, waste processor and disposal facility operator, shall comply with the requirements specified in Appendix G, Section III.

(7)   Compliance with environmental and health protection regulations. Nothing in subs. (1) to (6) relieves a licensee or registrant from complying with other applicable federal, state and local regulations governing any other toxic or hazardous properties of materials that may be disposed of according to subs. (1) to (6) .

(8)   Disposal of certain byproduct material.

(a) Licensed byproduct material as defined in s. DHS 157.03 (50) (c) to (e) may be disposed of under 10 CFR 61 or equivalent agreement state regulations, even though it is not defined as low level radioactive waste. Any licensed byproduct material being disposed of at a facility, or transferred for ultimate disposal at a facility licensed by the NRC under 10 CFR 61 or an agreement state with equivalent regulations shall meet the requirements of sub. (6) .

(b) A licensee may dispose of byproduct material as defined in s. DHS 157.03 (50) (c) to (e) at a disposal facility authorized to dispose of such material under federal or state solid or hazardous waste law, including the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as authorized under 42 USC 2014 (e).

CR 01-108 : cr. Register July 2002 No. 559 , eff. 8-1-02; CR 09-062 : am. (1) (a) 4. and (6) (b), cr. (8) Register April 2010 No. 652 , eff. 5-1-10.