Department of Energy operates such facilities on its own behalf as well. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (or agreement states). Commercially operated LLW disposal facilities are licensed by the U.S. This particular case is a radiological performance assessment (PA), as would be done in support of a disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste (LLW). This model is presented as an example of how environmental modeling can be done using the GoldSim platform. Note: Clicking on the illustrations will bring up larger versions.