A nuclear facility owner shall demonstrate compliance with subparagraphs (1) to (4) using actual measurements and the analytic methodology approved by the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission and supplemented by modeling the effects of engineering controls that have been designed to reduce exposure.

In order to determine compliance with subparagraphs (1) to (4), the department may require appropriate testing and analysis, including, but not limited to, analysis of the effectiveness and integrity of engineering controls.

B.__As used in this subsection, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.

(1)__"Average member of the critical group" means a member of the critical group who is subjected to the most likely exposure situation based on prudently conservative exposure assumptions and parameter values within the model calculations.

(2)__"Critical group" means the group of individuals reasonably expected to receive the greatest exposure to residual radioactivity for any applicable set of circumstances.

(3)__"Nuclear facility owner" means the owner of a nuclear power plant or decommissioned nuclear power plant in the State.

(4)__"Total effective dose equivalent" has the same meaning as in 10 Code of Federal Regulations, Section 20.1003, as in effect on January 1, 2000.

SUMMARY

This bill clarifies the existing low-level waste law by providing that a decommissioned nuclear facility at which the radioactive material is removed only in accordance with federal standards is subject to approval by the voters in a statewide referendum. It also provides that such a facility is subject to referendum even if it has not been approved as a low-level waste