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There are other aspects relating to the assumptions of research, 

 which we can briefly indicate: 



- the process of quantification militates against resesLrching 

 the more subtle 'aesthetic factors' of environmental quality 

 (which a former ICRP committee recommended should be taken into 

 account, but failed to show how) , 



- there are no agreed limits for damage to marine biota, and 

 in this case the usual assumption that protecting man protects 

 other species is unlikely to apply, 



- there is a requirement within the terms of the London Convention 

 to research and compare land-based alternatives. Such comparisons 

 are complex and have not been performed, and decisions have been 

 arbitrary and heavily influenced by social factors- Germany and 

 France, for example, have land-based alternatives for most low- 

 level packages waste. 



[Whereupon, at 12:05 p.m., the subcommittee was adjourned.] 



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