Delaware § 7417 Storage of radioactive material

Delaware Statutes

§ 7417 — Storage of radioactive material

Delaware § 7417

Title16

PartSafety

Ch. 74RADIATION CONTROL

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Bluebook

Del. Code tit. 16, § 7417 (2026).

Text

(a)No facility for the permanent deposit, storage, reprocessing or disposal of spent nuclear fuel elements, or for the permanent deposit, storage, reprocessing or disposal of high- or low-level radioactive waste material, shall be constructed or established in this State unless the Authority on Radiation Protection in consultation with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission first finds that such facility promotes the general good of the State and approves, after a public hearing, a petition for the approval of such facility.

(b)No high-level waste material shall be held in temporary storage for longer than 5 years.

(c)No low-level radioactive waste material shall be held in temporary storage for longer than 10 years.

(d)Whenever the Authority on Radiation Protection finds that the c

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(a) No facility for the permanent deposit, storage, reprocessing or disposal of spent nuclear fuel elements, or for the permanent deposit, storage, reprocessing or disposal of high- or low-level radioactive waste material, shall be constructed or established in this State unless the Authority on Radiation Protection in consultation with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission first finds that such facility promotes the general good of the State and approves, after a public hearing, a petition for the approval of such facility.

(b) No high-level waste material shall be held in temporary storage for longer than 5 years.

(c) No low-level radioactive waste material shall be held in temporary storage for longer than 10 years.

(d) Whenever the Authority on Radiation Protection finds that the continued presence of a facility for the deposit, storage, reprocessing or disposal of materials in subsection (a) of this section is injurious to the public welfare, the Authority in consultation with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission shall issue its order shutting the facility and requiring immediate removal of such material as follows.