Texas Health and Safety Code 401.112 – Low-Level Radioactive Waste Processing or Disposal License Application and Considerations
(a) The commission, in making a licensing decision on a specific license application to process or dispose of low-level radioactive waste from other persons, shall consider:
(1) site suitability, geological, hydrological, and meteorological factors, and natural hazards;
(2) compatibility with present uses of land near the site;
(3) socioeconomic effects on surrounding communities of operation of the licensed activity and of associated transportation of low-level radioactive waste;
(4) the need for and alternatives to the proposed activity, including an alternative siting analysis prepared by the applicant;
(5) the applicant’s qualifications, including:
(A) financial and technical qualifications and compliance history under the method for using compliance history developed by the commission under § 5.754, Water Code, for an application to the commission; and
(B) the demonstration of financial qualifications under § 401.108;
(6) background monitoring plans for the proposed site;
(7) suitability of facilities associated with the proposed activities;
(8) chemical, radiological, and biological characteristics of the low-level radioactive waste and waste classification under § 401.053;
(9) adequate insurance of the applicant to cover potential injury to any property or person, including potential injury from risks relating to transportation;
(10) training programs for the applicant’s employees;
(11) a monitoring, record-keeping, and reporting program;
(12) spill detection and cleanup plans for the licensed site and related to associated transportation of low-level radioactive waste;
(13) decommissioning and postclosure care plans;
(14) security plans;
(15) worker monitoring and protection plans;
(16) emergency plans; and
(17) a monitoring program for applicants that includes prelicense and postlicense monitoring of background radioactive and chemical characteristics of the soils, groundwater, and vegetation.
(b) An applicant for the specific license must submit with the application information necessary for the commission to consider the factors under Subsection (a).
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 401.112
- Effects: includes all personal property and all interest in that property. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The commission by rule shall provide specific criteria for the different types of licensed low-level radioactive waste activities for the listed factors and may include additional factors and criteria that the commission determines necessary for full consideration of a license.