11.   He said there are no international laws governing nuclear waste transport at sea.

12.   Kohl charged that nuclear power companies should have known how sensitive the public is to nuclear power safety, but neglected to report the deficiencies in waste transport.

13.   Merkel admitted at a news conference Monday that the nuclear power industry had kept her in the dark for years about contaminated waste transports.

14.   She said the find confirmed Hesse state was correct in stopping nuclear waste transport and until safe means to do so are found, no more would take place.

15.   Some politicians have urged the power companies to halt shipments of radioactive material, but the government said security experts could see no threat to the waste transport.

16.   Still, he said it is too late to cancel the waste transport, expected in mid-November.

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

18.   Vandals smashed dozens of windows at a German railroad office building Wednesday to protest the planned resumption of nuclear waste transports to Germany.

19.   Vandals smashed dozens of windows at a German railroad waste transports to Germany.

20.   On Tuesday Greenpeace activists, who are opposed to the waste transport operations, occupied a loading crane at the Wuerelingen waste centre.