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Subject JUST REVEALED: Secret U.S. plan to dump decommissioned nuclear reactors into sea

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Original Message The United States secretly sought Japan’s support in 1972 to enable it to dump decommissioned nuclear reactors into the world’s oceans under the London Convention [...]

Washington succeeded in incorporating the clause into the treaty. [...]

It was apparent that the United States constructed nuclear reactors without having decided on disposal methods, forcing it to consider dumping them at sea after they were decommissioned.

The documents obtained by The Asahi Shimbun were signed by Japan’s ambassador to Britain and designated as top secret. [...]

In 1993 revisions to the London Convention, the dumping of radioactive waste at sea was totally prohibited. However, the clause that approved of dumping in exceptional cases remained. [...]

[link to www.asahi.com]

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