40 CFR Part 191 – Environmental Radiation Protection Standards (Cornell LII)
This document is the full legal text of 40 C.F.R. Part 191, a federal regulation issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It establishes nationwide environmental radiation protection standards for the management, storage, and disposal of spent nuclear fuel, high-level radioactive waste, and transuranic waste. It is part of Title 40 of the Code of […]
42 U.S.C. Chapter 108 – Nuclear Waste Policy Act (Cornell Law School LII)
This section of the U.S. Code – Title 42, Chapter 108 is the federal law known as the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA). It is the United States’ primary statute governing the federal government’s management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. The law lays out a nationwide system for handling nuclear […]