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Sediments, fauna and the dispersal of radionuclides at the N.E. Atlantic dumpsite for low-level radioactive waste (1986)

Author	vd Loeff, M.Lavaleye
Date	1986
Classification	6.01.5.52/13 (WASTE - SEA DUMPING (INCL. OSPAR))
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1. INTRODUCTION

1.1. RESEARCH AT THE DUMPSITE

Since 1967, the dumping of low level radioactive waste in the deep sea has
normally taken place under the auspices of NEA, the Nuclear Energy Agency of the
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). To further the
objectives of the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping
of Wastes and other Matter (the London Dumping Convention), the OECD Council
established in 1977 a Multilateral Consultation and Surveillance Mechanism for
Sea Dumping of Radioactive Waste. According to the terms of this Mechanism, NEA
(1980) prepared a review of the suitability of the dumpsite that had been in use
since 1974. The Steering Committee for Nuclear Energy of the NEA considered in 1980
that, on the basis of the review, the existing site was suitable for continued dumping
for the next five years. At the same time, the Steering Committee agreed on the need
for developing a coordinated site-specific program to increase current knowledge of
the processes controlling the transfer of radionuclides in the marine environment, so
that future assessments could be based on more accurate and comprehensive scientific
data.

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