1.   Washington fears that once this reactor is completed, its fuel could be secretly diverted to nuclear weapons production.

2.   But Ukrainian officials later said they could not close the plant before receiving aid to complete new reactors at the Rivne and Khmelnitsky plants.

3.   Iran now has a deal with Russia to complete those reactors at Bushehr.

4.   It said it is bound to allow an outside inspection of its past nuclear history only when the reactors are nearly completed.

5.   It said it is bound to allow an inspection only when the reactors are nearly completed.

6.   Kuchma stresses need to complete two reactors before switching off Chernobyl.

7.   Last week, Kuchma agreed with Russian officials for assistance in completing the reactors, a move regarded as a rejection of western help.

8.   Nuclear Energy Minister Viktor Mikhailov, who submitted the program to the government, said it called for completing reactors in the Kalinin, Kursk and Rostov regions.

9.   The North is refusing such access until the new reactors are completed.

10.   Ukraine wants to complete the reactors at the Khmelnytsky and Rivne power plants to compensate for the planned closing of the Chernobyl nuclear plant.