Ah - the goool' days. Guess that's one way to prevent nuke waste from overheating. What does it take to rust through a steel barrel, a few months? 200,000 radioactive barrels dumped in the Atlantic: French researchers launch unprecedented mission to track them down - Elcabildo .
le gouvernement français. I do not believe it was illegal to dump whatever in international water. I do know if it is illegal today. More links Radioactive waste: a scientific mission sets out to map submerged barrels in the Atlantic | CNRS Radiocean - MITI == There has also been US dumping It’s not just toxic chemicals. Radioactive waste was also dumped off Los Angeles coast via LA Times | The Atomic Age Experts Alarmed by Barrels of Radioactive Waste Off the Coast of LA Have not read about other countries.