File:Farallon nuclear waste dumping.png
Summary
Modification of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cordell_Bank_NMS_map.jpg" class="extiw" title="en:Image:Cordell Bank NMS map.jpg">en::Image:Cordell Bank NMS map.jpg</a> (created by NOAA) with general locations of nuclear waste dumping sites indicated. Over time many of the drums have moved and are not as isolated as these sites indicate; additionally it is potentially the case that some of the waste was never dropped at the exact locations to begin with.
According to a 1980 report by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" class="extiw" title="en:United States Environmental Protection Agency">Environmental Protection Agency</a>, approximately 47,500 containers, 55 gallon steel drums, were dumped in the vicinity of the Farallones, with a total estimated radioactive activity of 14,500 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curies" class="extiw" title="en:Curies">Ci</a>. All but 3,500 of these were dumped at 37º37'N, 123º17'W; the rest were dumped at 37º38'N, 123º08'W. These two locations are indicated on the map above.
Information on the dumping comes from: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://portal.navfac.navy.mil/portal/page/portal/navfac/navfac_ww_pp/navfac_navfacsw_pp/environmental/resources-assess/hps-hra/hps-hra-1243.pdf">Radioactive Waste Dumping Off the Coast of California, Fact Sheet</a> (14 August 1980).
The little radioactive signs are from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Radiation_warning_symbol.svg" class="extiw" title="en:Image:Radiation warning symbol.svg">en::Image:Radiation warning symbol.svg</a>, which is licensed as PD-self.
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| current | 19:35, 8 January 2017 | | 377 × 281 (98 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Modification of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cordell_Bank_NMS_map.jpg" class="extiw" title="en:Image:Cordell Bank NMS map.jpg">en::Image:Cordell Bank NMS map.jpg</a> (created by NOAA) with general locations of nuclear waste dumping sites indicated. Over time many of the drums have moved and are not as isolated as these sites indicate; additionally it is potentially the case that some of the waste was never dropped at the exact locations to begin with. <p>According to a 1980 report by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency" class="extiw" title="en:United States Environmental Protection Agency">Environmental Protection Agency</a>, approximately 47,500 containers, 55 gallon steel drums, were dumped in the vicinity of the Farallones, with a total estimated radioactive activity of 14,500 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curies" class="extiw" title="en:Curies">Ci</a>. All but 3,500 of these were dumped at 37º37'N, 123º17'W; the rest were dumped at 37º38'N, 123º08'W. These two locations are indicated on the map above. </p> <p>Information on the dumping comes from: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://portal.navfac.navy.mil/portal/page/portal/navfac/navfac_ww_pp/navfac_navfacsw_pp/environmental/resources-assess/hps-hra/hps-hra-1243.pdf">Radioactive Waste Dumping Off the Coast of California, Fact Sheet</a></i> (14 August 1980). </p> The little radioactive signs are from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Radiation_warning_symbol.svg" class="extiw" title="en:Image:Radiation warning symbol.svg">en::Image:Radiation warning symbol.svg</a>, which is licensed as PD-self. |
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