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. 2010 Sep 13;5(9):e12730. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012730

Table 6. Radioactive waste dumpsites in water deeper than 200 m in the OSPAR region of the North East Atlantic between 1949 and 1984.

Longitude Latitude Year Tonnes Country of Origin Description of Dumpsite
−16.75 46.00 1977 5 605 NL-CH-UK a rectangle 45.8333 to 46.1666 and −16.00 to −17.50
1978 8 046 B-NL-CH-UK
1979 5 416 B-NL-CH-UK
1980 8 391 B-NL-CH-UK
1981 9 434 B-NL-CH-UK
1982 11 693 B-NL-CH-UK
−17.42 46.25 1971 3 968 B-NL-CH-UK a circle of radius 35 nautical miles centred on 46.25, −17.41666
1972 4 131 B-NL-CH-UK
1973 4 350 B-NL-UK
1974 2 265 NL-CH-UK
1975 4 454 B-NL-CH-UK
1976 6 772 B-NL-CH-UK
−13.25 48.25 1965 1 760 UK not described
1966 1 044 UK
−13.27 48.33 1970 1 674 UK not described
1968 3 164 UK
−13.00 48.50 1949 9 UK not described
−11.33 55.43 1951 33 UK not described
−12.17 55.13 1953 57 UK not described
−6.17 46.45 1962 253 UK not described
−6.27 45.45 1963 5 809 B-UK not described
−6.60 45.45 1964 4 392 UK not described
−14.50 42.83 1967 10 895 B-F-D-NL-UK a square of side 50 km centred on 42.83333, −14.5
−17.08 49.08 1969 9 178 B-F-I-NL-S-CH-UK a square of side 50 nautical miles centred on 48.5, −17.08333
Total 112 793

Location of dumping area, quantities and sources of radioactive waste (based on NEA, 1985) [26].

B = Belgium; CH = Switzerland; D = Germany; F = France; I = Italy; NL = Netherlands; S = Sweden; UK = United Kingdom.