547 



20 



Summary ot Past U.S. Ocean Disposals for Radioactive 



Materials in the Four Dumps ites that Received More 



tnan 97 Percent of the Radioactivity 



Dumping Area 



Number of Curies of EPA 

 :ontainers Radioactivity Surveys 



Atlantic Ocean 



140 and 220 Miles SE 49,800 

 of Sandy Hook, N.J. 



99,500 



1975, 1976, 

 1978 



Massachusetts Bay 4000 



15 Miles east of 



Boston 



2400 



1982 



Pacific Ocean 

 Faralion Islands 

 50 Miles west of 

 San Francisco 



44,500 



14,500 



1974, 1975 

 1977 



Total of All U.S. Disposals (Approximate) 



112,000 



120,000 



