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Table 1 - PAST AND PROJECTED AMOUNTS OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAIS 

 DISPOSED BY U. S. NAVY IN ATLANTIC AT 

 APPROXIMATELY 38O30'N - 72O06'W 



Numbers of 55 Gallon Drums 



AEC wastes which are dumped at sea are heterogeneous in character and as 

 a rule contain quantities of activity normally associated with laboratory 

 experimentation and with decontamination operations. For the most part, 

 they consist of solid materials such as paper wipes, rags, maps, ashes, 

 animal carcasses and contaminated laboratory paraphernalia. Some liquids 

 containing radioactivity in the concentration range of microcuries per 

 liter have been incorporated in cement mixtures or with chemical gelling 

 materials prior to packaging and dumping. Because the wastes and their 

 contaminating radioisotopes are heterogeneous in character, it is difficult 

 to determine accurately the total quantities of radioactivity involved. 

 Since the material is of no value very little analytical work is warranted 



