You may have heard recently of the Italian mafia's newest venture of illegal toxic waste dumping in the Mediterranean.
The international community hasn't done nearly as much as it should in the way of monitoring the safe disposal of wastes, especially radioactive and nuclear materials.
Here are some links, though, which should help you figure out what has been done in this area:
- Most important, the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, which has been signed (although not ratified) by most countries of the world;
- UNEP's Earthwatch, which has tons of documents about what the IAEA, UN, UNEP etc. have done and discovered about radioactive waste management;
- and the Nuclear Energy Agency's publications on everything related to nuclear waste management (it has some very helpful documents which outline the basics).
Well, hope that helps! Enjoy! =)
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