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A United States Congress Office of Technology Assessment (OTA) report [1], issued in September 1995, states that: “All major nuclear nations face nuclear waste problems. Many also share a common history of radioactive contamination incidents stemming from inadequate attention to environmental protection. The United States and Russia, in particular, have some similar nuclear waste management and contamination problems...”
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(1995) Nuclear Wastes in the Arctic: An Analysis of Arctic and Other Regional Impacts from Soviet Nuclear Contamination, Report No. OTA+ENV+623, Congress of the United States, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, USA.
(1995) Report to the Storting, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Plan of Action No. 34. Stortingsmelding nr. 34 (1993–94), a communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Norwegian parliament detailing the Norwegian concerns with the hazards from nuclear activities in the northern region.
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Hoskins, A.P., Rankin, R.A., Motes, B.G., Carlson, J.O., Lagle, C.W., Johnsen, K.R. (1997). Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel in the Arctic Far North. In: Kirk, E.J. (eds) Decommissioned Submarines in the Russian Northwest. NATO ASI Series, vol 32. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-5618-9_5
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