Radioactive waste dumping on the seafloor
(2002)Medical Physics Programme
- Abstract (Swedish)
- 210Pb dateringsstudie på 3000-4000 meters djup gjord på sediment från Marokanska och Arabiska havet för att undersöka om djuphavssediment är en stabil miljö. Tanken med examensarbetet är att undersöka konsekvenserna för dumpning av radioaktivt avfall i havet. Vilka regler gäller och vilka problem kan uppstå. Är det säkert eller ej? Vilka dumpplatser finns det och vad har man dumpat där? Ett av målen med exjobbet är att framhålla ett måste för internationellt samarbete.
- Abstract
- The earth surface consists of 71% of water and 29% land. 97% of that water is contained in saline seas. More than 90 per cent of the worlds living biomass can be found in the oceans. The sea has always been a possible dumpingsite for waste produced by man. Radioactive waste is the one of the most dangerous waste of all. Since the beginning of nuclear power research dumpsites around the world has been established. Due to the fact that we still today are dumping radioactive waste into the sea we have to ask us If its safe or not. The most stable environment on earth is found on the deep sea floor in the centre of the large oceanic plates. To study this environment it is possible to use 210Pb dating technique of the sediment. In this report... (More)
- The earth surface consists of 71% of water and 29% land. 97% of that water is contained in saline seas. More than 90 per cent of the worlds living biomass can be found in the oceans. The sea has always been a possible dumpingsite for waste produced by man. Radioactive waste is the one of the most dangerous waste of all. Since the beginning of nuclear power research dumpsites around the world has been established. Due to the fact that we still today are dumping radioactive waste into the sea we have to ask us If its safe or not. The most stable environment on earth is found on the deep sea floor in the centre of the large oceanic plates. To study this environment it is possible to use 210Pb dating technique of the sediment. In this report 210Pb dating are made on sediments from deep sea in the Marroco Sea and the Arabian Sea. Several dumpingsites around the world are displayed and at some dumpsites nuclear reactors containing fuel can be found at only 30 meters depth. After the September 11th one has to ask the following question: What if someone gets a hold of the fuel and creates a dirty bomb? I guess the conclusion of my study is that it is safe, due to stable environment, to dump well sealed radioactive waste on the seafloor but the fact that someone could get a hold of the dangerous waste makes the dumping not suitable. The problem is also how to control all dumpingsites in our oceanic water on earth. Also the money issue how to cut cost on wastemanagement is a risk to break regulation of dumping radioactive waste on the seafloor. (Less)
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- author
- Addo, Nils
- supervisor
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- Elis Holm LU
- organization
- year
- 2002
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- Radioekologi
- language
- English
- id
- 2156872
- date added to LUP
- 2011-09-13 15:28:45
- date last changed
- 2012-02-13 13:50:24
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abstract = {{The earth surface consists of 71% of water and 29% land. 97% of that water is contained in saline seas. More than 90 per cent of the worlds living biomass can be found in the oceans. The sea has always been a possible dumpingsite for waste produced by man. Radioactive waste is the one of the most dangerous waste of all. Since the beginning of nuclear power research dumpsites around the world has been established. Due to the fact that we still today are dumping radioactive waste into the sea we have to ask us If its safe or not. The most stable environment on earth is found on the deep sea floor in the centre of the large oceanic plates. To study this environment it is possible to use 210Pb dating technique of the sediment. In this report 210Pb dating are made on sediments from deep sea in the Marroco Sea and the Arabian Sea. Several dumpingsites around the world are displayed and at some dumpsites nuclear reactors containing fuel can be found at only 30 meters depth. After the September 11th one has to ask the following question: What if someone gets a hold of the fuel and creates a dirty bomb? I guess the conclusion of my study is that it is safe, due to stable environment, to dump well sealed radioactive waste on the seafloor but the fact that someone could get a hold of the dangerous waste makes the dumping not suitable. The problem is also how to control all dumpingsites in our oceanic water on earth. Also the money issue how to cut cost on wastemanagement is a risk to break regulation of dumping radioactive waste on the seafloor.}},
author = {{Addo, Nils}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Radioactive waste dumping on the seafloor}},
year = {{2002}},
}