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Figure 1 . Map of the Location of Water Areas of 

 the World's Oceans Complying with IAEA 

 Requirements for Disposal of Low- and 

 Intennediate-Le\el Radioactive Wastes (between 

 50° N and 50° S. outside the continental shelf, at 

 least 200 miles from shore, deeper than 4,000 

 meters). In the waters adjacent to Russian territory, 

 such water areas exist only in the northwestern 

 Pacific Ocean. 



The 14th Consultative Conference (1991) demanded that the USSR furnish infonnation on 

 past dumpings. 



In the course of the 15th Consultative Conference (1992), this demand was made in a 

 stronger form, and augmented with a recommendation that Russia furnish information on RW 

 disposal to the IAEA and the IMO Secretariat for inclusion in ofiBcial international documents and 

 use to complete the work of IGPRAD. 



The UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro (June 1992), with 

 Russia participating, unanimously adopted the main program document. Agenda for the 21st 

 Century, which proposed a transition from the "voluntary moratorium on the disposal of low-level 

 radioactive waste at sea currently in effect" to a ban on the practice, taking account of the 

 "preliminary approach for purposes of adopting a valid and timely solution to this problem" ^ara. 

 22.5c). It also proposed not to encourage or permit storage or disposal of RW "near the marine 

 environment" without a preliminary assessment of the acceptability of the risk arising from the 

 practice (Para. 22.5c). 



Among regional multilateral agreements related to the problems of RW disposal at sea, we 

 must note the Convention on the Protection of the Marine Environment of the Baltic Sea Region 

 (Helsinki, 1992) [7], which requires parties to prevent and reduce pollution of this maritime re- 



