TITLE 32: ENERGY
CHAPTER II: ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
SUBCHAPTER d: LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE/TRANSPORTATION
PART 606 REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DISPOSAL OF LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE AWAY FROM THE POINT OF GENERATION
SECTION 606.40 RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS


 

Section 606.40  Recordkeeping Requirements

 

a)         Annual Report

The facility operator shall submit an annual report to the Director of the Department and shall place a copy of the report in the public documents room.  This report shall contain, but need not be limited to, the following:

 

1)         A summary of the sources, volumes, curie contents, and types of low-level radioactive waste received at the facility in the previous year and an inventory of the total volume and curie content of wastes disposed of at the facility since it commenced operation;

 

2)         A summary of facility operations;

 

3)         A description of any incidents in which radioactive materials were or could have been released, or accidents, as well as a description of any occupational exposures in excess of the limits set by 32 Ill. Adm. Code 340 which occurred during the previous year to the whole body, as a result of the facility operations;

 

4)         A description of the environmental and personnel monitoring programs and the results of those programs;

 

5)         A description of the status and adequacy of plans for closing the facility, actively maintaining the facility for a period of not less than 10 years following closure, and providing institutional care of the facility, specifying and considering information learned as a result of the program of in-situ testing and other facility operations during the previous year;

 

6)         An accounting of the fees collected by the facility operator for deposit by the Department into the "Low-Level Radioactive Waste Facility Closure, Post-Closure Care and Compensation Fund," established by Ill. Rev. Stat., ch. 111½, par. 241-14(b).  The accounting shall be performed using the accounting standards of the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, current as July 1, 1987, exclusive of subsequent amendments or editions;

 

7)         The results of the program for in-situ testing and evaluation of disposal unit design and construction, and recommendations; and

 

8)         A description of any events that would jeopardize the continued safe operation of the facility.

 

b)         Unmanifested Waste Report

The facility operator shall notify the Department inspector, immediately of any waste received at the facility that is unaccompanied by a proper manifest.  In the inspector's absence, the operator shall notify the Department by telephone or telegraph within 24 hours of receipt.

 

c)         Closure and Remedial Action Fund Status Reports

The facility operator shall submit quarterly reports on the amounts, status, and adequacy of liability coverage and funds available for closing the facility and implementing the contingency plan.

 

d)         Accident Report

The facility operator shall provide a written report to the Department within seven days of any event resulting in either a release of radioactive material from a disposal unit or a radiation dose to any person outside the facility in excess of 1 millirem per year to the whole body.  The report shall include:

 

1)         A description of the release, resulting exposures and impacts;

 

2)         A description of the events causing such releases or exposures;

 

3)         A description of the remedial action taken; and

 

4)         A description of actions that will be taken to prevent such events from occurring in the future.