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A. Zolotkov 



Dumping of Radioactive Waste at Sea 



r-reenpeace/ RIA Moscow Deadly Legacy Sanir.ar 



Havm? on the territory of Murmansk and Arkhangelsk regions bases of 

 coastal service for nuclear ice-breakers and nuclear submarines, and large 

 plants for overhauling, .e shall also need big long-terra facilities for storing 

 jolid and solidified RAW — the ^o-called regional burial sites for :jeveral 

 hundred :• ears. 



I do not agree sith the preliminary conclusion of one the Ministry of 

 Atomic Energy Production of the LSSR which states that "the preferable point 

 for dumping RAW of the Northern Region Navy .viU be near the settlement of 

 Dalnye Zelentsy." 



Why Dalnye Zelentsy? Is it only because that the capital investment for 

 the analogous construction will be 2.5 times more in Novaya Zemlya? Have the 

 social and political aspects been taken into account? Or is it more profitable 

 for someone to make burial sites in non-contaminated area's? A lot of questions 

 and fe.v answers. 



There is correspondence in this respect but it is not open. 



I would also Uke to say a few words about the pouring off of liquid 

 RAW. They were dumped in certain localities of the Barents Sea from 1963 to 

 1984 by the vessels of the Murmansk Shipping Company. The official 

 information: "the investigation has shown that for 5 days after dumping the 

 concentration of Caesium 137 surpassed the background reading and a number 

 of other radioactive components have been found. Upon the further dilution 

 of waste, after the 5 day period of time their influence on the radiation 

 situation was not registered." These are factsl 



In the conclusion. I would like to note that the data quoted refer only 

 to the activity of the vessels of the Murmansk Shipping Company. ! Iiave no 

 information regarding similar activities by the Navy. 



City of Murmansk 



Andrei Zolotkov 



