1.   Air tests conducted through holes drilled in the reactor compartment indicate that the reactors have not leaked radiation, officials said.

2.   That reactor now is encased in a concrete sarcophagus that some experts say is leaking radiation.

3.   Radiation experts were rushed to the scene, but an inspection showed that neither vessel had leaked radiation or suffered any damage, Blinov said in a telephone interview.

4.   Last month, Germans were shocked when federal Environment Minister Angelika Merkel reported that for years companies had been shipping nuclear waste in containers that leaked radiation.

5.   No radiation was leaked.

6.   Officials have conducted continuous measurements on the Kursk, which have confirmed that its reactors have not leaked any radiation.

7.   Officials have said the reactors had been safely shut down when the disaster occurred and leaked no radiation.

8.   Officials have said the reactors were safely shut down when the disaster occurred and leaked no radiation.

9.   Some theorize that the rocky cores of the two islands might have been fractured and could leak deadly radiation into the ocean.

10.   The ban was introduced in June following revelations that some Dutch nuclear waste transports had leaked radiation.