Who would set standards for protecting the public from exposure to radiation at Yucca Mountain?
EPAs role is to set standards for protecting the public and the environment from exposure to radiation from potential releases from the waste in Yucca Mountain. In Section 801 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992, Congress charged EPA with setting site-specific radiation protection standards C a limit on the public’s risk of developing cancer from radioactive releases from Yucca Mountain. In other words, EPA’s radiation protection standards are developed specifically for Yucca Mountain, Nevada. EPA’s standards limit the public’s exposure to radiation from management and disposal of this waste.
