Mission Documents Ecosystem Interactions of Radioactive Waste Dumped in the Atlantic Between 1950 and 1990
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Mission documents ecosystem interactions of radioactive waste dumped in the Atlantic between 1950 and 1990
Between 1950 and 1990, more than 200,000 barrels filled with radioactive waste were dumped in the depths of the North-East Atlantic. Following an initial mission carried out between June 15 and July 11, 2025, to map the area where the barrels were dumped, the Nodssum project, led by the CNRS, set sail again at the end of May 2026. The aim was to explore the areas of interest identified during the first campaign.
An expedition collected samples from around drums containing radioactive waste that were dumped in the Atlantic Ocean until 1990. Now, the focus is on analyzing these samples to understand the effects of this practice on the seabed. We are at a depth of 4,700 meters, in the abyssal plains of the Northeast Atlantic. In the video, the only light comes from the spotlights of the Nautile, an 8-meter-long manned scientific submersible, which illumina…
What took place to the drums of radioactive waste dumped within the Atlantic within the Seventies and Nineteen Eighties? The beginnings of a systematic expedition reaction
Between 1971 and 1982, greater than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste have been dumped by way of a number of Ecu nations into the Northeast Atlantic, at depths more than 4,700 meters. The precise location of those barrels, and particularly their conceivable have an effect on at the deep-sea atmosphere, had been in large part unknown to this present day since research within the Nineteen Eighties. The NODSSUM 2025 and 2026 maritime campaigns, …
Hundreds of thousands of barrels of nuclear waste are scattered in the Atlantic Ocean. At a depth of 4700 metres, an expedition team is now taking pictures of the radioactive material.
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