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Conclusion 



In accordance with the objectives stated by the President of the Russian Federation, we have 

 examined two basic aspects of the problem, international and domestic Russian. 



The problems of RW disposal at sea have acquired special importance from the standpoints 

 both of Russia's compliance with international obligations and of ensuring Russia's ecological 

 safety. 



The unacceptability of RW disposal at sea for Russia follows from the Russian Federation 

 Law, Protection of the Natural Environment, Article 50, Paragraph 3 of which prohibits the 

 sinking of RW, and from the repeated official position of the Russian Federation, which signed a 

 corresponding declaration in Rio de Janeiro and two conventions on the protection of the marine 

 environment (the Baltic and Black Seas) that prohibit the disposal of RW at sea. 



The performance of Russia's international obligations under the London Convention require: 



1) presentation of data collected by the Commission on RW dumpings conducted at 

 sea and official statistical manuals to the Secretariat of the International Maritime 

 Organization and the IAEA; 



2) inspection of RW disposal sites at sea with the support and participation of repre- 

 sentatives of interested nations and competent international organizations; 



3) orgaiuzation of effisctive monitoring of sites where dumpings of high-level RW have 

 been conducted in the past; 



4) development of plans for purifying seas of high-level RW that presents an environ- 

 mental hazard; 



5) immediate resolution of problems of processing and safe storage of RW produced 

 by the operation of nuclear-powered vessels and ships (primarily regarding the con- 

 struction of storage facilities and commissioning of capacity to process RW)- 



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