Section 601.110  Standards for Issuance of a License

A license for the receipt, possession, and disposal of waste containing or contaminated with radioactive material will be issued by the Department upon finding that:

a)         The issuance of the license will not constitute an unreasonable risk to the health and safety of the public;

b)         The applicant is qualified by reason of training and experience to carry out the disposal operations requested in a manner that protects health and minimizes danger to life or property;

c)         The applicant's proposed disposal site, disposal design, land disposal facility operations, including equipment, facilities, and procedures, disposal site closure, and post-closure institutional care will protect the public health and safety in that they provide assurance that the general population will be protected from releases of radioactivity including protection from releases in the public water supply in accordance with the performance objective in Section 601.190;

d)         The applicant's proposed disposal site, disposal site design, land disposal facility operations, including equipment, facilities, and procedures, disposal site closure, and post-closure institutional control will protect the public health and safety in that they will provide assurance that inadvertent intruders are protected in accordance with the performance objective in Section 601.200;

e)         The applicant's proposed land disposal facility operations, including equipment, facilities, and procedures, will protect the public health and safety in that they will provide assurance that the standards for radiation protection set out in 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340 will be met;

f)          The applicant's proposed disposal site, disposal site design, land disposal facility operations, disposal site closure, and post-closure institutional control will protect the public health and safety in that they will provide assurance that long-term stability of the disposed waste and the disposal site will be achieved and will eliminate to the extent practicable the need for ongoing active maintenance of the disposal site following closure;

g)         The applicant's demonstration provides assurance that the applicable technical requirements of this Part will be met;

h)         The applicant's proposal for institutional control shall assure that such control will be provided for the length of time found necessary to ensure the findings in Section 601.110(c) through (f) and that the institutional control meets the requirements of Section 601.280; and

i)          The information on financial assurances meets the requirements of Section 601.310.