The oceans and the nuclear age : legacies and risks / edited by David D. Caron and Harry N. Scheiber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Caron, David D.

Scheiber, Harry N.

Law of the Sea Institute.

Series:

Nijhoff eBook titles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radioactive waste disposal in the ocean (International law).

Radioactive substances--Transportation (International law).

Radioactive substances.

Nuclear fuels--Law and legislation.

Nuclear fuels.

Marine pollution--Law and legislation.

Marine pollution.

Hazardous substances--Law and legislation.

Hazardous substances.

Law of the sea.

Spent reactor fuels.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (596 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden [Netherlands] ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The advent of the nuclear age in 1945 fundamentally altered the course of human events. The oceans are not the focus of the nuclear age, but the affairs of the oceans are deeply woven into the history of that age. Knowledge of what the nuclear age has meant for the oceans, however, is highly fragmented and there exists a surprising gap in research on the impact of the nuclear age on the oceans and on ocean law and policy. Ranging from dumped wastes to transportation to security, this study frames the complex multidimensional set of relationships between the oceans and the nuclear age and illuminates patterns of impact and response in ocean law.

Contents:

Assessing the impact of the nuclear age on the oceans and its legal regime / David D. Caron and Harry N. Scheiber

Two deep sea impacts / Hjalmar Thiel

Risk and vulnerability at contaminated sites in the Pacific and Australian proving grounds from a "Long-Term Stewardship" perspective : what have we learned? / Thomas M. Leschine

Legacies and perils from the perspective of the Republic of the Marshall Islands nuclear claims tribunal / Philip A. Okney

The legacy of French nuclear testing in the Pacific / Laurence Cordonnery

Hazardous substances and the Baltic Sea / Malgosia Fitzmaurice

New opportunities and deep ocean technologies for assessing the feasibility of sub-seabed high-level radioactive waste disposal : the application of 21st century oceanography to solving outstanding problems / Daniel J. Fornari

Sub-seabed disposal of high level radioactive waste : the policy context then and now / Edward L. Miles

Ocean transport of radioactive fuel and waste / Jon M. Van Dyke

Ten transportation of radioactive materials through the Caribbean Sea : the development of a nuclear-free zone / Luis E. Rodriguez-Rivera

Ocean transport of radioactive fuel and waste : a Japanese perspective / Masahiro Miyoshi

Navigation of ships with nuclear cargoes : dialogue between flag and coastal states as a method for managing the dispute / Tulio Treves

Maritime terrorism and the international law of boarding of vessels at sea : assessing the new developments / Ted L. McDorman

Th e proliferation security initiative and Asia / Mark J. Valencia

The proliferation security initiative : amending the Convention on the Law of the Sea by stealth? / Donald R. Rothwell

Cargos of doom : national strategies of the U.S. to combat the illicit transport of weapons of mass destruction by sea / Craig H. Allen

Nuclear-weapon-free zones and maritime transit of nuclear weapons / Scott Parrish

Oceans in a nuclear age : security concerns of the United States / Michael J. Matheson

Canada, the United States and the northwest passage / Elizabeth B. Elliot-Meisel

The Russian approach to the protection of the arctic seas from radioactive wastes / Alexander S. Skaridov

Arctic nuclear pollution / Lakshman D. Guruswamy

Nuclear transport along the northern route and nuclear waste dumping in the Barents and Kara Seas / R. Douglas Brubaker.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-94906-3

9786612949067

90-04-18155-5

OCLC:

701704108

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004156753.i-576 DOI