The commission shall consider as Tier 3 criteria the applicant's: (1) technical qualifications to receive, store, process, and dispose of low-level radioactive waste; (2) experience in management and disposal of low-level radioactive waste and other radioactive materials; (3) previous operating practices in this state and elsewhere, including the practices of a parent, subsidiary, or affiliated entity of the applicant, related to radioactive materials; (4) record of compliance with environmental statutes, rules, and licenses in this state and in any other jurisdiction, including the records of a parent or subsidiary of the applicant, subject to Texas Health and Safety Code, §401.243; (5) training programs proposed for its employees whose duties relate to the proposed site and activities; (6) monitoring, recordkeeping, and reporting plans; (7) low-level radioactive waste spill detection and clean-up plans for the proposed site and activities; (8) decommissioning and post-closure plans; (9) security plans; (10) monitoring and protection plans for workers; (11) emergency plans; (12) plans for background monitoring during the license period, including analysis of the ambient conditions of the site and analysis of established trends of the site's natural parameters, including: (A) natural background radioactivity levels; (B) radon gas levels; (C) air particulate levels; (D) soil characteristics, including chemical characteristics; (E) surface water and groundwater characteristics; and (F) flora and fauna at the site; and (13) ability to adequately manage the proposed land disposal facility or facilities and activities for the term of the license. |