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Nuclear defense facilities, many of which are currently being dismantled, have generated waste in the past that has not been treated. This old waste, stored in the facilities of the time, will have to be taken back and conditioned. The current maintenance of nuclear weapons also generates waste in small quantities. This waste is managed in the same way as waste from the civilian industry.

The radioactive waste, Soviet and then Russian, dumped in the Kara Sea in 1993–1994 is relatively large (Table 1.9) [NYF 03].

Table 1.9. Radioactive waste dumped in the Kara Sea in the Arctic Ocean in 1993-1994 (source: [NYF 03])

Waste category	Material	Number of objects	Total activity (TBq)
High activity	Reactors with fuel or containers	7	4,700
Intermediate activity	Fuel-less reactors	10	20
Low or intermediate activity	Containers	6,508	580
Large objects	154
Vessels	15