fuel rods and north sea

["MEDLING, SCOTT" <medlines@songs.sce.com>]

     Steve,
     There may be a contact near you at American Nuclear
     Society Wash DC Local Section. Chairman Robert Sweeney in
     Bethesda (301) 652-2500   fax(301) 652-0338. The information
     sources at USNRC may be of assistance, or at USDOE.

     So far as I know, no country outside the Iron Curtain has
     deliberately disposed of Fuel Rods at sea. It of course is
     difficult to prove a non-existance.

     Typically Intermediate Level liquid waste has been released from
     UKAEA reprocessing plant into the Irish Sea, objected to by many.
     Lading to various Greenpeace publicity missions over the years.
     This maybe the source of the inquiry.

     Readers Digest had a review of the Soviet disposal of old
     submarines into the Arctic with cores still aboard -- written
     last winter. This has upset many. Also reported is a 'research
     submarine' sunk in narrow strait between Sweden? and Denmark?
     with concern about leaking plutonium from two torpedos.

     Some Scandinavian countries propose location of their Ultimate
     HLW waste deep under the seabed, in location where they expect to
     eventually be under dry land in 10s of centuries.

     In USA, disposal of LOW level radwaste into the ocean was
     forbidden in early 1960s by Act of Congress, which lead to
     opening of Beatty NV site etc. The USA Generic EIS on Commmercial
     HLW Disposal, finalized October 1980, did consider all sorts of
     disposal ideas including space shots and deep-sea disposal.
     Scripps Institute of Oceanography was involved in the study.

                .. Regards,
                   Gene Cramer <crameren@songs.sce.com>

< From: shand
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< Would anyone be able to direct me to any literature or information
<sources concerning the possible history of disposing of spent fuel
<rods at sea ?
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<  Thank you,
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<steve hand
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