Inventory of radioactive waste disposals at sea

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CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION.. 1

2. THE SOURCES OF RADIONUCLIDES IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT ..4

2.1. Sources considered.4

2.2. Radioactive waste disposal at sea..5

2.2.1. Background.. 5

2.2.2. Types of waste and packaging..J6

2.2.3. Environmental impact of dumping..7

3. DATABASE ON RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL AT SEA8

3.1. The database..8

3.2. The database module on radioactive waste disposal at sea..8

3.2.1. Type of information. 8

3.2.2. Collection of information..8

3.2.3.New data 10

3.2.4. Data quality.. 12

4. SUMMARY OF SEA DISPOSAL OPERATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE 12

4.1. Distribution of disposal operations - geographical and temporal.. 12

4.2. Radionuclide composition of wastes .. 17

REFERENCES.^

ANNEXES A. 1-A.22: INVENTORY OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSALS AT SEA BY COUNTRY



Annex A.I. Belgium ..27

Annex A.2. France..32

Annex A.3. Germany .34

Annex A.4. Italy36

Annex A.5. Japan.38

Annex A.6. Republic of Korea..40

Annex A.7. Netherlands42

Annex A.8. New Zealand.44

Annex A.9. Sweden - Atlantic Ocean 46

Annex A.10. Sweden -Baltic Sea ..48

Annex A.I 1. Switzerland50

Annex A.12. United Kingdom.53

Annex A. 12-a. United Kingdom - Additional disposal operations retrieved from archive .58

Annex A.13. United States of America - Atlantic Ocean64

Annex A.14. United States of America - Pacific Ocean .67

Annex A. 15. Former Soviet Union - Disposal of liquid radioactive waste (LRW) in the Arctic Seas

..69

Annex A. 16. Former Soviet Union - Disposal of low and intermediate level solid waste in the Arctic

Seas ..78

Annex A. 17. Former Soviet Union - Objects with spent nuclear fuel dumped in the Arctic Seas.88

Annex A. 17-a. Former Soviet Union - Objects with spent nuclear fuel dumped in the Arctic Seas:

Initial information89

Annex A. 17-b. Former Soviet Union - Objects with spent nuclear fuel dumped in the Arctic Seas:

Revised information developed in 1996 by the IAEA, IASAP study .90

Annex A. 18. Former Soviet Union - Objects without spent nuclear fuel dumped in the Arctic Seas

'.91

Annex A. 18-a. Former Soviet Union - Objects without spent nuclear fuel dumped in the Arctic Seas:

Initial information.92

Annex A. 18-b. Former Soviet Union - Objects without spent nuclear fuel dumped in the Arctic Seas:

Revised information developed in 1996 by the IAEA, IASAP study ..93

Annex A. 19. Former Soviet Union - Disposal of liquid waste in the Pacific ..94

Annex A.20. Former Soviet Union - Disposal of solid radioactive waste in the Pacific 103

Annex A.21. Russian Federation - Disposal of liquid radioactive waste in the Barents Sea and Far

Eastern Seas in 1992.. 117

Annex A.22. Russian Federation - Disposal of liquid radioactive waste in the Sea of Japan in 1993..

119

CONTRIBUTORS TO DRAFTING AND REVIEW 121