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Hjalmar THIEL
Table 13.1
Approximate locations and annual quantities of low-level radioactive waste dumped in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean 1
Year
LatºN
LongºW
tonnes
Activity type
a
b ,g
tritium
NEA 2
Countries 3
1949
48º30
13º00
9
0.00
0.04
0.00
no
UK
1950
49º50
02º18
350
0.07
0.74
0.00
no
UK
1951
49º50
02º18
319
0.04
0.67
0.00
no
UK
55º26
11º20
33
0.04
0.19
0.00
no
UK
1952
49º50
02º18
534
0.07
1.07
0.00
no
UK
1953
55º08
12º10
57
0.07
0.07
0.00
no
UK
49º50
02º18
758
0.37
1.44
0.00
no
UK
1954
49º50
02º18
1145
0.85
2.04
0.00
no
UK
1955
49º50
02º18
1164
1.30
1.63
0.00
no
UK
32º37
14º05
1453
0.44
1.22
0.00
no
UK
1956
49º50
02º18
1038
1.63
1.22
0.00
no
UK
1957
49º00
02º18
1537
4.03
5.96
0.00
no
UK
32º42
19º30
4404
35.34
3.26
0.00
no
UK
1958
32º42
19º30
2715
25.72
40.15
0.00
no
UK
49º50
02º18
1011
2.15
2.11
0.00
no
UK
1959
49º50
02º18
1197
0.15
2.74
0.00
no
UK
1960
49º50
02º18
2551
2.74
8.07
0.00
no
B, UK
1961
49º50
02º18
1967
0.74
11.40
0.00
no
UK
32º38
20º05
4361
20.38
60.31
0.00
no
UK
1962
46º27
06º10
253
0.63
6.03
0.00
no
UK
49º50
02º18
1444
0.19
2.81
0.00
no
B, UK
1963
49º50
02º18
1543
0.11
1.63
0.00
no
UK
45º27
06º16
5809
13.65
263.85
0.00
no
B, UK
1964
45º27
06º36
4392
16.43
558.33
0.00
no
UK
1965
48º15
13º15
1760
4.22
508.90
0.00
no
UK
1966
48º15
13º15
1044
2.89
101.45
0.00
no
UK
1967
42º50
14º30
10 895
9.36
282.53
0.00
yes
B, D, F, NL, UK
1968
48º20
13º16
3164
27.05
2768.97
0.00
no
UK
1969
49º05
17º05
9178
17.95
816.44
0.00
yes
B, F, I, NL, S, CH, UK
1970
48º20
13º16
1674
8.62
748.29
0.00
no
UK
1971
46º15
17º25
3968
23.20
412.48
0.00
yes
B, NL, CH, UK
1972
46º15
17º25
4131
25.20
800.16
0.00
yes
B, NL, CH, UK
1973
46º15
17º25
4350
27.38
468.42
0.00
yes
B, NL, UK
1974
46º15
17º25
2265
15.39
3713.17
0.00
yes
NL, CH, UK
1975
46º15
17º25
4454
28.38
2122.84
1098.53
yes
B, NL, CH, UK
1976
46º15
17º25
6772
32.49
1980.17
766.01
yes
B, NL, CH, UK
1977
46º00
16º45
5605
35.45
2828.69
1179.78
yes
NL, CH, UK
1978
46º00
16º45
8046
40.74
2946.24
1354.68
yes
B, NL, CH, UK
1979
46º00
16º45
5416
52.32
3077.14
1562.88
yes
B, NL, CH, UK
1980
46º00
16º45
8391
68.64
6705.40
3631.00
yes
B, NL, CH, UK
1981
46º00
16º45
9434
80.55
5681.94
2751.76
yes
B, NL
1982
46º00
16º45
11 693
52.84
4698.56
2865.61
yes
B, NL, CH, UK
Total
142 284
680.21
41 638.73
15 210.26
1 Based on Nuclear Energy Agency (1985). Quantities dumped in 10 12 Becquerels per year.
2 NEA, under NEA supervision.
3 Countries which supplied waste: B, Belgium; CH, Switzerland; F, France; D, Germany; I, Italy; NL, Netherlands; S, Sweden;
UK, United Kingdom.