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sub-seabed disposal should not be considered as contributing to radiation 



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 m the sea. 



Finally, representatives of the State Department have recently indi- 

 cated continued willingness to entertain the concept of sub-seabed disposal 

 as an internationally acceptable waste disposal option. Ambassador 

 Richardson indicated recently that if sub-seabed disposal led to no radio- 

 logical effects outside the sediments themselves that it would not come 



within the terms of the Convention, or for that matter the Law of the Sea 



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 Treaty currently being negotiated. 



