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Considerations on the Disposal of Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear-Powered Ships Into the Marine Environment (1959) / Chapter Skim
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Monitoring and Record Keeping
Pages 48-50

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... , which were employed in computing the dispersion of radioactive wastes due to turbulent diffusion, are based on a statistical concept which provides a smoothed space and time distribution. A time record of the concentration at any given point, or the spatial record of the concentration at any given time resulting from a single actual point source, would differ in a random manner from the smoothed distribution predicted by the equations of Joseph and Sender.
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From page 49...
... It should be directed towards the detection of the radioactive isotopes produced in both corrosion and fission processes, distinguishing the quantities originating from fallout, from land based reactors and from nuclear vessels. Although those engaged in the program must be given wide latitude in its execution, the panel suggests that the following are sensible subjects for observation: commercially useful organisms; certain other organisms that have high concentration factors for any of the radioactive elements; the water and its suspended solids; and the sediments.
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... intervals to the appropriate national agency, which will, in turn, supply condensations of these records to any international organization which may, by mutual agreement between governments, assume responsibility on an international basis for the monitoring and registry of nuclear waste disposal into the ocean. Provision should be included for the prompt reporting and dissemination of information relative to the emergency or accidental release of radioactive materials in amounts exceeding those recommended in this report.
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