A SPECIAL REPORT ON 



DISPOSAL OP RADIOACTIVITT INTO 



ATLANTIC OCEAN WATERS 



- PAST, PRESENT, AND PREDICTED - 



Ptirpose 



This is a special report summarizing sea disposal operations of 

 agencies of the Federal Government and of private organizations. The 

 reasons for this report ares (a) to inform interested and concerned officials 

 and scientists of amounts and kinds of radioactive materials that have been 

 and vdll in the near future be disposed of into Atlantic Ocean waters, (b) 

 To supply quantitative information for a study of the advisability and 

 feasibility of establishing sea disposal areas closer to the coast line 

 than existing, designated disposal areas. 



Summary of Information Available 



Table 1 indicates the size and scope of the Navy- AEG cooperative 

 Atlantic sea disposal operation o Almost all of these wastes originate in 

 AEC contractor operations. 



