Post by Ex_Nuke_Troop on Jan 16, 2014 23:27:10 GMT
Nuclear Waste Dumping in the world's oceans
Thirteen nations have used Oceanic dumping/sequestration of nuclear/radioactive waste in the past. A moratorium on the practice has been in place since 1993.
Several treaties were ratified which contributed to this world wide ban:
Not all of these treaties have been signed or ratified by all nations.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_disposal_of_radioactive_waste
Thirteen nations have used Oceanic dumping/sequestration of nuclear/radioactive waste in the past. A moratorium on the practice has been in place since 1993.
Several treaties were ratified which contributed to this world wide ban:
- The Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter 1972
- The Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal 1992
- Marpol 73/78 is the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution From Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978
Not all of these treaties have been signed or ratified by all nations.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocean_disposal_of_radioactive_waste
so whats happening in the Solomons, is haarp missing its mark?