Between 1946 and 1993 European countries dumped an estimated 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste into the northeast Atlantic, most of it in water kilometres deep. Ocean dumping was banned in 1993, and surveys are only now going down to find out what happened to the drums.
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Decades later, scientists are finally descending to the ocean floor to confront what governments assured the world would stay buried forever.Decades later, scientists are inspecting deteriorating drums and measuring whether the slow releases anticipated by the original disposal concept are affecting deep-sea ecosystems.
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Thu, 17 September 2026
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Decades later, scientists are inspecting deteriorating drums and measuring whether the slow releases anticipated by the original disposal concept are affecting deep-sea ecosystems.
Tue, 22 September 2026
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150,000 Tons of Radioactive Waste Were Dumped in The Atlantic. Decades Later, It's Visibly Oozing. ScienceAlert Between 1946 and 1970, the United States dumped roughly 47,800 containers of radioactive waste into the ocean west of San Francisco — many missed the designated sites, and the drums now lie scattered across about 1,400 square kilometers of seafloor, spacedaily.com Scientists Discover Leaking Radioactive Waste Containers in Atlantic Ocean suaragarut.id From 1946 to 1993, the UK,...
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