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The Need For A Ban On All Radioactive Waste Disposal In The Ocean, David G. Spak
The Need For A Ban On All Radioactive Waste Disposal In The Ocean, David G. Spak
Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business
The harnessing of nuclear power is the technological advance which best represents the ability of the human race to transform the environment for both good and bad. Nuclear power can be used either to destroy the earth or to improve greatly the quality of life for all persons. Attendant with this power is the problem of what to do with radioactive wastes left behind by the private and public uses of a technology not yet fifty years old. As wastes from nuclear power plants, government projects, and various fields of science continue to amass, attention is being focused increasingly on …