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ITS ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT. ACCORDING TO THE SAME 

 REPORTS , SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 10-15 NUCLEAR SUBMARINE REACTOR 

 CORES, AS WELL AS THE MID-SECTION OF THE FIRST NUCLEAR 

 ICE-BREAKER, LENIN, WITH THREE REACTORS, NOW LIE ON THE SEA 

 FLOOR IN THE BARENTS AND KARA SEAS. OTHER REPORTS SUGGEST THAT 

 THE SEA OFF THE KAMCHATKA PENINSULA HAS ALSO BEEN A DUMPING 

 GROUND . 



THESE DUMPING AND DISPOSAL ACTIVITIES MAY REPRESENT A 

 SERIOUS ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT IN THE LONGER TERM. 

 UNFORTUNATELY, ALL TOO LITTLE IS KNOWN ABOUT THE PROPENSITY OF 

 THOSE RADIOACTIVE AND TOXIC WASTES TO SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE 

 ARCTIC. 



I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE IN THE STATE DEPARTMENT, 

 AND THROUGHOUT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, TAKE THESE CONCERNS 

 SERIOUSLY AND ARE SEEKING TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS. YOUR 

 HEARING TODAY IS A USEFUL OCCASION FOR BRINGING TOGETHER BOTH 

 GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC WITNESSES TO ASCERTAIN WHAT IS KNOWN 

 ABOUT ARCTIC DUMPING IN GOVERNMENT CIRCLES AND IN ACADEMIA. 



