part_subject: "PUBLIC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION PROTECTION STANDARDS FOR YUCCA MOUNTAIN, NEVADA"
subpart_code: "A"
subpart_subject: "Public Health and Environmental Standards for Storage"
section_number: "197.3"
section_subject: "How is subpart A implemented?"
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 197.3"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Parts 190 to 259"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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The NRC implements this subpart A. The DOE must demonstrate to NRC that normal operations at the Yucca Mountain site will and do occur in compliance with this subpart before NRC may grant or continue a license for DOE to receive and possess radioactive material within the Yucca Mountain site.