The Mission that Could Save the Atlantic Ocean: the Country that Seeks to Recover 200,000 Radioactive Barrels After 80 Years

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Between 1946 and 1990, hundreds of European countries threw more than 200,000 barrels containing radioactive waste into the Atlantic Ocean. These were taken more than 600 kilometres off the coast of Nantes; this terrible action was carried out at a time when this practice was legal and common. It was until 1993, when the London Convention prohibited the dumping of radioactive materials into the sea. However, to date, no international mission had…