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Some radioactive casks have been found in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean. This has warned France since they have started a mission to find all these casks and analyse whether they are contributing to marine pollution or not. This casks’ whereabouts is because some European countries decided to get rid of them by throwing them into the ocean with
nuclear waste
.
Nowadays, we are concerned about the importance of being environmentally friendly and this action from the past is an obstacle for
the new green projects some countries are starting
.
Let’s see why these casks were thrown down into the ocean and whether there is a solution or not.
200,000 radioactive casks into the ocean
To understand why there are 200,000 radioactive casks down in the Atlantic Ocean, we need to go back to the period between 1946 and 1990. Don’t worry, it won’t be a history lesson, it will be brief.
During this period many European countries, including France, Germany and the United Kingdom, threw these casks full of nuclear waste because these were used in nuclear plants, hospitals and laboratories.
Once they didn’t need these radioactive casks anymore, they decided that throwing them into the ocean was the best idea. So, what they did was to seal the casks with a material that wouldn’t let the nuclear waste come out and they continued with their plan. The radioactive casks were thrown into a specific area of the Atlantic Ocean, near the French city of Nantes.
Today’s consequences of this past action
Back then, there was no awareness about pollution, so there was no kind of regulations on this matter and they thought oceans were a good place to get rid of things because it was so deep that everything they threw there, it would disappear with the passage of time.
However, this is not true and we are witnessing the consequences now. Nuclear waste is a very dangerous material and it doesn’t disappear in a short period of time. This waste can escape from the casks for many reasons, these radioactive casks have been down there for so long that they can break. This can cause serious and lasting negative consequences for the environment.
France mission
In those years, there wasn’t any advanced technology that could reach the deepness of the oceans to explore what was happening, but this is possible now and France is starting a mission.
The NODSSUM mission is the solution to these radioactive casks. France will start the mission on the 15th of June of 2025 and it will last one month.
The aim of this mission is to find every radioactive cask and examine what negative consequences for the environment they could have caused through all these years, by collecting samples of water and marine life.
Once they finish this mission, they will go back to the ocean to analyse the points near the radioactive casks with the help of submarines and robots.
Importance of the NODSSUM mission
Well, it is very important because it contributes to making our planet a healthier one. This investigation will lead to fully understanding the risks for us and nature and it will help with more responsible and sustainable politics when it comes to nuclear waste.
We should be proud of countries and institutions that are doing something for the environment and this mission is a great example. In the past France was one of the countries that threw those radioactive casks and, now, they are remedying what was done in the past.
Let’s hope more countries take an example from France and invest in measures dealing with environment issues.
