Between 1946 and ..... a huge amount of radioactive wastes was dumped in the Northern Atlantic and Pacific Ocean as a result of military testing and reprocessing plants.

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

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Between 1946 and ____ a huge amount of radioactive wastes was dumped in the Northern Atlantic and Pacific Ocean as a result of military testing and reprocessing plants.

A	1992
B	1982
C	1974
D	1965

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Dumping was undertaken by UK, Switzerland, Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany and Italy. IAEA had been studying since 1977. The report of 1996, by CRESP suggests measurable leakages of radioactive material, and, concluded that environmental impact is negligible.

Detailed explanation-2: -What was dumped into the ocean before 1972? In the past, communities around the world used the ocean for waste disposal, including the disposal of chemical and industrial wastes, radioactive wastes, trash, munitions, sewage sludge, and contaminated dredged material.

Detailed explanation-3: -The United States has only one deep geologic repository for the disposal of defense-related transuranic waste-the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) near Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -From 1946 to 1970, the United States disposed of low-level radioactive waste by dumping it into the ocean. Today, more than a decade after all dumping stopped, concerns over the potential environmental and public health consequences of past ocean dumping persist.

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