What becomes of radioactive waste material? As the Atomic Age enters its 14th year, the problem is growing, and no one can be certain that present disposal systems are reasonably safe.
At Sea. The AEC last week announced that it would license the Navy's Military Sea Transportation Service to dump waste materialimbedded in concrete and steel containersat selected points in both the Pacific and the Atlantic. The oceans are used only for low-energy leftoversradioactive rubber gloves, mops, rags, discarded lab equipmentbut over the years an impressive amount of stuff has been dumped. MSTS...