Minnesota Administrative Rules

7855.0600 NUCLEAR WASTE, DISPOSAL FACILITY; DESCRIPTION.

Each application for a nuclear waste storage or disposal facility shall contain the following information:

A.

a physical description of the facility, including:

(1)

its location, to the fullest extent known;

(2)

the required land area, the height of the tallest structures, and if applicable, the depth and size of any underground caverns;

(3)

its design capacity in cubic meters; and

(4)

a schematic drawing showing major components of the facility;

B.

data regarding design and construction of the facility, including:

(1)

if known, the complete name and business address of the engineer and firm that would be responsible for the design of the facility;

(2)

if known, the complete name and business address of the company which would construct the facility;

(3)

the proposed date for commencing construction and the proposed in-service date;

(4)

a description of the construction techniques;

(5)

the estimated installed cost of the facility in current dollars; and

(6)

the estimated economic life of the facility; and

C.

data regarding operation and retirement of the facility, including:

(1)

a narrative description of the steps of the storage or disposal process, starting at the point the nuclear wastes are produced;

(2)

the sources, types, and amounts of nuclear waste products that would be stored, the methods of transporting these materials to the facility, and the level of radioactivity of each in curies per year;

(3)

if the facility is only for temporary storage, the length of time material would be stored there and the method of transporting the material to its disposal site; and

(4)

the expected maintenance requirements of the facility, if any.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 216B.08; 216B.2421; 216B.243; 216C.10

History:

L 1983 c 289 s 115

Published Electronically:

November 14, 2003