# Reasonably Maximally Exposed Individual **Domain:** Deep Time / Nuclear Regulation / Future Persons **Doc Type:** Canonical Wiki Entry **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Established EPA regulatory construct ## Definition The **Reasonably Maximally Exposed Individual (RMEI)** is the hypothetical individual used in EPA's Yucca Mountain radiation standards to evaluate repository exposure limits. ## Why It Matters for Deep Time Continuity It is a legally operational future person model. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence EPA sets dose limits for the RMEI over the first 10,000 years and from 10,000 years to one million years after disposal. ## Evidentiary Boundary The RMEI is a regulatory exposure construct, not an actual presently existing beneficiary. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Million-Year Regulatory Person|Million-Year Regulatory Person]] · [[wiki/Yucca Mountain and the Deep-Time Person|Yucca Mountain and the Deep-Time Person]] · [[wiki/Future Person Standard|Future Person Standard]] ## Sources / Primary Anchors - https://www.epa.gov/radiation/public-health-and-environmental-radiation-protection-standards-yucca-mountain-nevada-40 <!-- BEGIN DEEP TIME CONTINUITY ROUTING --> ## Canonical Branch [[wiki/Deep Time Continuity|Deep Time Continuity]] <!-- END DEEP TIME CONTINUITY ROUTING -->