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Under the terms of the Decision of the OECD Council establishing a Multilateral Consultation and Surveillance Mechanism for Sea Dumping of Radioactive Waste, NEA is requested to assess, in conculstation with the OECD Environmental Committee, the suitability of dumping sites proposed by the national authorities of Participating Countries and to keep under review those previously considered suitable.
Since 1974 radioactive waste sea dumping operations undertaken by Participating Countries ahve been carried out in a single site located in the North-East Atlantic region. To Fulfil the objectives of the Council Decision, an international group of oceanographic and radiation protection experts was convened by NEA in November 1979 to undertake a review of the continued suitability of the dumping site, taking into account the relevant provisions of the London DUmping Convention and the IAEA Definition and Recommendations for the Purpose of the Convention. The results of the review are contained in the report Review of the Continued Suitability of the Dumping Site for radioactive Waste in the North-East Atlantic dissmeniated by NEA in 1980. The steering Committe for Nuclear Energy confirmed in April 1980 that, on the basis of the review, the existing site was suitable for continued dumping of radioactive waste for the next five years, under the condiditions specified by the Group of Experts in their conclusions and recommendations.
