The survey group found that eight installations currently dis- 
pose of waste by burial at sea. Four are on the Atlantic Coast and 
four on the Pacific. Commencing in New England and proceding clock- 
wise arount the country, the installations employing sea disposal 
are: 
Installation Location Disposal Site 
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Boston, Mass. Massachusetts Bay or 
Atlantic Ocean 
Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, Long Island Atlantic Ocean off New 
Jerse 
Westinghouse Atomic Power Div. Pittsburgh, Pa. Atlantic Ocean off New 
sersey 
National Institutes of Health Bethesda, Md. Atlantic Ocean off Viveinia 
North American Aviation, Inc. Downey, Cal. Pacific Ocean, Santa Sruz 
Basin 
California Research and Devel. Livermore, Cal. Pacific Ocean, So. of 
Farallon Island 
Univ. of California Radiation Lab. Berkeley, Cal. Pacific Ocean, So. of 
Farallon Island 
U.S.Naval Rad. Defense Lab. San Francisco, Cal. Pacific Ocean, So. of 
Farallon Island 
Sea Burial Practices: Most of the waste is disposed of in 500 
to 1000 fathoms of water and no closer than 50 miles to shore. Since 
the inception of sea burial in 1946, approximately 8000 containers 
have been so dispesed; about 2,000 packages in the Atlantic (including 
tineeincans pails and small burial vaults) and 6,000 drums and 
concrete boxes in the Pacific. Drums used are either 30 or 55 gallon 
carbon steel containers. Through 1952, it is estimated that approx- 
imately 200 curies of liquid and solid waste have been dumped at sea. 
Sea burial packaging is simple and effective. A very fluid 
concrete is poured around and over the dry wastes in open top, carbon 
steel drums. Liquid wastes and concrete are often mixed together 
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