Sweden wants explanation on Baltic nuclear 'dumping'

[madokie]

I wonder how much nuclear waste has been dumped out at sea and not just by the Russians either,
For example: http://www.france24.com/en/20090917-authorities-uncover-radioactive-waste-ship-sunk-mafia-toxic-calabria-mediterranean-italy

Sweden wants explanation on Baltic nuclear 'dumping'
By Damien McGuinness
BBC News, Riga

The Baltic Sea is especially vulnerable to pollution

The Russian military allegedly dumped nuclear waste into the Baltic Sea in the early 1990s, according to a report on Swedish television.

Radioactive material from a military base in Latvia is thought to have been thrown into Swedish waters.

For many the biggest shock is that the Swedish government may have known at the time and done nothing about it.

The partly enclosed Baltic Sea is known as one of the most polluted seas in the world.

More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8499762.stm

Edit to add: Is this, dumping at sea, a much bigger problem than any of us want to admit?

[pscot]

1. I know the French

used to do it, but I thought they stopped.

[madokie]

2. Maybe thats been their ace in a hole

I wouldn't put it past any of the European countries nuclear power plants. It fits that industries MO to a T

[NNadir]

3. If one knew any science at all, one could easily look up the concentration of radionuclides in the

Baltic Sea.

One can see radionuclides on an atom by atom basis, and on a macroscopic scale.

If on the other hand, one wishes to engage in vague scare mongering demonstrating a complete disregard of science, one can illiterately mutter the word "nuclear waste."

In other news, Apollo 13, the Thresher, the Scorpion and a variety of similar devices all dumped vastly greater quantities of nuclear material into the ocean.

None of it has ever proved detectable.

If you cannot detect it, it has to be very diffuse, since one can readily detect the potassium-40 in the ocean.

I never hear of anyone calling for the prevention of dumping banana peels at sea.

Or of course, we can try to transport all of earth's potassium to Mars because people who are completely ignorant of nuclear science fear radioactivity.

Duck!!!!! There goes a beta particle.

[kristopher]

4. My man nnads.

Only you could endorse the dumping of of nuclear waste at sea by criminal organizations as the equivalent of dumping banana peels at sea.

I really want to thank you for providing meaningful information on the soul behind the nuclear industry.

That one gets preserved for posterity:

Posted by NNadir
If one knew any science at all, one could easily look up the concentration of radionuclides in the Baltic Sea.

One can see radionuclides on an atom by atom basis, and on a macroscopic scale.

If on the other hand, one wishes to engage in vague scare mongering demonstrating a complete disregard of science, one can illiterately mutter the word "nuclear waste."

In other news, Apollo 13, the Thresher, the Scorpion and a variety of similar devices all dumped vastly greater quantities of nuclear material into the ocean.

None of it has ever proved detectable.

If you cannot detect it, it has to be very diffuse, since one can readily detect the potassium-40 in the ocean.

I never hear of anyone calling for the prevention of dumping banana peels at sea.

Or of course, we can try to transport all of earth's potassium to Mars because people who are completely ignorant of nuclear science fear radioactivity.

Duck!!!!! There goes a beta particle.