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(11) Reish, Donald J,, "Survey of the Benthic Invertebrates 

 Collected from the United States Radioactive Waste Disposal 

 Site in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans", June 1977. 



Taxonomic identification was made of the benthic infaunal organisms 

 at both the 1975 Farallon Islands west coast radioactive waste disposal 

 site and in 1976 at the 2800 meter Atlantic site. This report describes 

 the infaunal populations collected from both coasts, and provides a 

 comparative analysis. 



The West coast typically constitutes a more productive infaunal 

 regime. Polychaeates were the most abundant constituent on both coasts, 

 but the number and size of the east coast populations were much smaller 

 than the west coast, as expected. The author concludes that a greater 

 opportunity for biological movement of radionuclides exists at the west 

 coast site location. 



(12) Carney, Robert S., "Report on the Invertebrate Megafauna 

 Sampled by Trawling in the Atlantic 4000 meter Low-Level 

 Radioactive Waste Disposal Site 1978", September 1979. 



Examination of the benthic population via ottertrawl showed that the 

 predominant megafaunal organisms at the 3800-meter radioactive waste 

 disposal site were brittle stars (ophiuroids) and hermit crabs 

 (pagurids). This information is in accord with sampling data from other 

 regions of the N.W. Atlantic from similar depths. It is believed that 

 the ophiuroids, as well as sea cucumbers (holothuroids) could contribute 

 to vertical bioturbation. Pagurids and ophiuroids could transport 

 adsorbed nuclides laterally. 



Characterization of bottom fauna will assist in assessing potential 

 pathways for radionuclide transport from the deep ocean to man. 



(13) Dexter, Stephen C, "On Board Corrosion Analysis of a Recovered 

 Nuclear Waste Container," Technical Note ORP/TAD-79-2, August 

 1979. 



This published EPA report discusses a short-term corrosion analysis 

 of the exterior of the radioactive waste container retrieved from the 

 Atlantic 3800-meter radioactive waste disposal site. The container 

 surface is described prior to subsequent detailed laboratory analysis. 

 Some suggestions for improvement of package design are also incorporated. 



Such information will be useful to EPA in determining packaging 

 criteria for sea disposal of low-level nuclear wastes. 



(14) Hanselman, David H., and William B. F. Ryan, "1978 Atantic 3800 

 Meter Radioactive Waste Disposal Site Survey-Sedimentary, 

 Micromorphologic and Geophysical Analyses", June 197^. 



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