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2) Basic information and status of knowledge in relevant areas and 



critical assessments carried out by international organizations 

 and their expert advisory groups, 



3) Reviews carried out by nations and inaividual experts, and a 

 selection of textbooks, and 



4^ Articles judged to be authorized and representative of the 

 relevant scientific literature. 



This bibliography will be forwarded to LDC 8, which will then 

 presumably establish terms of reference and a date for the experts 

 meeting sometime in 1984. The U.S. plans to participate fully in the 

 LDC scientific review and to encourage a wide participation by 

 scientific experts from other countries. 



International Atomic Energy Agency Activities 



During the last year and a half the IAEA has hosted several 

 meetings of technical experts to deal with issues related to ocean 

 disposal of radioactive materials. One such meeting was convened 

 jointly by IAEA, IMO, and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) 

 on August 30-SeptemDer 3, 1982 to provide guidance to Contracting 

 Parties on environmental assessment methodologies for sea dumping of 

 radioactive wastes. The report of this meeting, issued as IAEA-TEC 

 DOC - 29b in September 1983, also provides information on selection of 



