31.   Lebanon had said the waste was illegally shipped to the country, and the international environmental group Greenpeace charges the wastes contained hazardous substances.

32.   Officials said selection of the new site would not affect plans to ship nuclear waste to North Korea for storage under a contract signed more than a year ago.

33.   Regional leaders are apparently not swayed by assurances from firms that ship nuclear waste through the Caribbean that the radioactive cargo poses no danger.

34.   The activists say the huge containers used to ship radioactive waste are not leakproof, despite government assurances, and that the transport could cause an environmental disaster.

35.   Taiwan to start shipping nuclear waste to North Korea next month.

36.   The company is also studying the possibility of shipping the waste abroad.

37.   The environmental organization said the waste had been shipped to Beirut by two German companies.

38.   The environmental organization Greenpeace said the waste had been shipped to Beirut by two German companies.

39.   The EPA may have sidestepped a thorny problem by proposing that any dredging waste be shipped away from the Hudson Valley into existing landfills.

40.   The government on Thursday denied allegations that Australia is poised to sneakily ship radioactive waste to Scotland ahead of public consultations on the Dounreay nuclear site.