APPENDIX IX 



DISPOSAL AREAS 



D. F, Bumpus and H. H. Eckles 



In the process of suggesting sites for the disposal of low level 



radioactive wastes the following have been taken into consideration; 



Danger to man and the biota 

 Nuisance to fishing interests 

 Tidal and non-tidal circulation 

 Storms driving material ashore 

 Submarine cable locations 

 Navy restricted and danger areas 

 Public education. 



Inasmuch as there are a number of disposal areas presently 

 available as "explosives dumping area" or "dumping ground (by permit 

 only)", some of which have been used heretofore for the disposal of 

 low level radioactive wastes as well as for certain toxic chemical 

 wastes, we have included these areas in the list of suggested sites. 

 We have numbered the sites 1 - 12, Alternate sites have been marked 

 with the subscript a or b indicating that they might be used as secondary 

 disposal areas but are more inconvenient to reach than the primary 

 disposal area. 



Most of the dumping areas are large: 10 x 10 miles, 10 miles in 

 diameter, or the like. We have indicated the centers of these areas 

 with one exception. Additional sites listed below might be two miles in 

 diameter centered on the positions given. Sites presently listed in 



