Nuclear waste management and the use of the sea. Special report
This report reviews the current situation on nuclear waste disposal policies in the United States and elsewhere and relates these policies to implications for the oceans. The report does not comment on nuclear power as an energy source. In a comprehensive background information section, the report describes the worldwide inventory of radioactive waste, the varying types of radioactive wastes, international and domestic laws governing radioactive waste disposal, scientific analysis of marine radioactivity, and possible U.S. proposals on ocean disposal of nuclear waste. Detailed appendices describe nuclear and health physics, waste management strategies of other nations, prior U.S. dumping of radioactive wastes, signatories to the London Dumping Convention, specific case histories, among others.
- Research Organization:
- National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5326898
- Report Number(s):
- PB-85-202976/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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