10. 



Specific recommendations of the committee include: 



1) The quantity of activity that is deposited into any one disposal 

 area in any one year should be limited to 250 curies. 



2) The quantity of activity that is deposited in any one area dur- 

 ing any given month should be limited to 100 curies, 



3) Adjacent disposal areas should be separated by at least 75 

 miles. 



4) No 300 mile section of coast line should contain more than 

 three disposal areas unless permanent currents, both bottom and sur- 

 face, indicate that no exchange between areas is possible. 



5) The waste container should be of such construction that no 

 part of it or its contents will float to the surface should the container 

 be broken. The practice of using steel drums as containers is recom- 

 mended as giving appreciable holding time in the disposal area. 



6) A survey should be conducted prior to disposal operations to 

 learn pertinent biological and physical properties of the specific loca- 

 tion, and periodic surveys be conducted after the start of disposal to 

 learn to what extent the practice has altered the area. 



