3.5. In developing regulations, guidance and other regulatory criteria specific to geological disposal facilities, the regulatory body should ensure consistency with the national policy and give due regard to the objectives and criteria set out in Ref. [1]. The regulations and guidance may include:
(a) Radiation protection criteria and environmental protection criteria for operational and post-closure safety;
(b) Requirements for the content of the safety case of a disposal facility, including the safety assessment and the management system;
(c) Criteria and requirements for the siting, design, construction, operation and closure of disposal facilities;
(d) Criteria and requirements for the waste, waste form, disposal container, any backfill and sealing material and other components of the waste package to be disposed of;
(e) Requirements for involvement of interested parties.