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Table of Contents' 



Preface 6(6) 



Section l. International Aspects of the Problem of Radioactive Waste 



Disposal at Sea 8 (7) 



1 . 1 . International Law Governing Procedures for Handling Radioactive Waste 8(8) 



1.2. Current Practice in Radioactive Waste Disposal at Sea by Countries Using Nuclear 



Power Technologies 10(11) 



1.2.1. Data on Radioactive Waste Disposal at Sea by Selected Countries 12 (14) 



1.3. Positions of Various Nations on Matters of Radioactive Waste Disposal at Sea 14 (18) 



1.4. Conclusion 15(19) 



Section 2. Radioactive Waste Disposal in Seas Adjacent to the Territory of 



THE Russian Federation 16 (20) 



2. 1 . Normative Documents That Regulated Radioactive Waste Disposal at Sea in the 



USSR v;,^.......J..:^...............:. 16(20) 



2.2. Russian Federation Law on Radioactive Waste Disposal at Sea 20 (26) 



2.3. Total Volume and Characteristics of Radioactive Waste Dumped at Sea by the 



USSR between 1959 and 1991 20(27) 



2.3. 1 . Disposal Sites, Volumes, and Total Activity of Radioactive Waste Dumped 



by the USSR in Northern Seas 20(27) 



2.3.2. Disposal Sites, Volumes, and Total Activity of Radioactive Waste Dumped 



by the USSR in Far Eastern Seas 29 (38) 



2.3.3. Total Amount of Radioactive Waste Dumped by the USSR at Sea 32 (44) 



2.4. Radioactive Waste Disposal in the Seas of the Russian Federation 33 (46) 



Section 3. Radiological Conditions in Marine Radioactive Waste Disposal 



Areas in the North and Far East 35 (47) 



3.1. Organization of Radiation and Sanitary-Hygieruc Monitoring in Marine 



Radioactive Waste Disposal Areas 35 (48) 



3.2. Radiation Conditions in Seas Used for Radioactive Waste Disposal 37 (50) 



3.3. Anticipated Changes in Radioecological Conditions at Sites of Radioactive Waste 

 Disposal at Sea 37(52) 



3.4. Accident on a Nuclear Submarine in Chazhma Bay (Primorsky Territory), 1985 41 (59) 



3.5. Accident on the Nuclear Submarine Komsomolets in the North Atlantic, 1989 43 (62) 



3.6. Conclusion 45(65) 



Section 4. Ways of Solving the Problem of Handling Radioactive Waste 



Produced in the System of the Navy and Murmansk Marine Shipping 



Line 47(66) 



4. 1 . Problems in Recycling Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines and Handling Spent 

 Nuclear Fuel in the Northern Fleet and Murmansk Marine Shipping Line 47 (67) 



4.2. Problems in Recycling Decommissioned Nuclear Submarines and Handling Spent 

 Nuclear Fuel and Other Radioactive Waste in the Far Eastern Area 48 (69) 



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