Other Regional Impacts from Soviet Nuclear Contamination, OTA-ENV-623
One of the lasting legacies of the Cold War, and the buildup in nuclear weaponry and military over the past 50 years, is nuclear waste and its threat to human health and the environment. Notable examples of waste dumped into the open environment have caused people and nations to demand information a...
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1995
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| Online Access: | http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.115.1520 http://www.princeton.edu/~ota/disk1/1995/9504/9504.PDF |
| Summary: | One of the lasting legacies of the Cold War, and the buildup in nuclear weaponry and military over the past 50 years, is nuclear waste and its threat to human health and the environment. Notable examples of waste dumped into the open environment have caused people and nations to demand information about what was done and what health risks may result. In 1993, disclosures about Russian dumping of submarine reactors, nuclear fuel, and other wastes into the Arctic and North Pacific Oceans brought this region and its problems into the world spotlight. People in the United States want to know about this dumping and other discharges of radionuclides into the oceans. They want to understand the risks from Russian nuclear activities, both past and future, and the potential threat to their health and that of the Arctic ecosystem. Because of these concerns, Senator Ted Stevens, Chairman of the Defense Subcommittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and Senators William V. Roth and John |
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