Ocean storage of nuclear wastes? Experiences from the Russian Arctic

Petroleum oil and mercury pollution from shipwrecks in Norwegian coastal waters

“…The main chemical agents dumped were blistering agents such as mustard gas and arsenic-containing compounds (Sanderson et al, 2010). Similarly, the former Soviet Union dumped thousands of tonnes of nuclear waste, including radioactive fuel and nuclear submarines, mainly in the Barents and Kara seas, but also elsewhere in the global ocean (Champ et al, 2001;Yablokov, 2001).…”