Deep-sea disposal by dilution and dispersion
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Encase low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste in resin, bitumen, or cement, drum it, and sink it on the deep abyssal plain — relying on the ocean's vast volume and assumed stability to dilute any eventual release below harmful levels.
United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland and other European states · 1949–1982 · Region
From 1949 to 1982, European states — the United Kingdom in large majority, alongside France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and others — sank 200,000+ drums of radioactive waste encased in resin, bitumen or cemen…
Drums dumped200,000+drums
Dump zone area14,500km²
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