London Dumping Convention

Nuclear submarines, decommissioning, London Dumping Convention, spent fuel, damaged fuel, spent fuel disposal... 

Anonymus 981) A survey of world port practices in the ocean disposal of dredged material as related to the London Dumping Convention. Report of the Ad Hoc Dredging Committee, Mr. A.J. Tozzoli, Chairman. Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 38 pp. New York International Association of Ports and Harbors... 

This chapter refers inter alia to the Basel Caivention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal providing a framework for the control of movement of wastes and prevention of further incidents of their illegal exports [9], and the London Dumping Convention [10] which controls the sea disposal of wastes, and the Oslo Convention [11] covering the north-east Atlantic, the North Sea, and the Baltic Sea. 

The Global Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter was adopted by an Intergovernmental Conference in London in 1972. The convention named the London Convention 1972, formerly the London Dumping Convention (LDC), addressed from the... 

In the past, incineration was the disposal method of choice for organochlorine compounds such as PCBs, 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (245 T), ethylene dichloride (EDC) tar, and chlorinated pesticides. It was used in Europe between 1969 and 1994, with a total of some 350 burns, and in the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean,for 13 research burns between 1975 and 1983 [169]. Between 1980 and 1985, an estimated 100,000 tonnes of waste were incinerated annually, mostly in the North Sea (IMO web site), and regulations related to incineration at sea were added to the London Dumping Convention. The issue has caused considerable controversy, with strong opinions for and against [170-173]. Because of the risks of spills or other accidents at sea, and according to the precautionary principle, it seems that the practice has been abandoned world-wide [174] and the last incineration vessel was decommissioned in February 1991 (IMO web site). 

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