11.   While this is tantamount to choosing South Korean reactors, Seoul wants the agreement to specify in writing that South Korean reactors will be used.

12.   Perry said Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin assured him his government would see to it that Iran did not use the reactors for any nuclear weapons purpose.

13.   Pyongyang objects to using South Korean reactors.

14.   Before freezing them under the nuclear accord, North Korea was believed to be using its reactors to fuel a weapons program.

15.   Both sides say the reactors cannot be used for military means.

16.   Both countries say the reactors can be used solely for peaceful purposes.

17.   But Russia says the reactor can be used only for civilian purposes.

18.   China has approved building a nuclear power plant in the northeastern part of the country using Russian reactors, a report said Saturday.

19.   Critics say the reactor could be used to build nuclear weapons.

20.   Critics say the reactors could be used to help manufacture nuclear weapons.