1.   After the nuclear disaster, plutonium was carried into the air with the radioactive cloud and deposited on the countryside.

2.   The group charged that the flight carrying the plutonium into Germany could have crashed, causing an accident that endangered thousands of people.

3.   The Pacific Teal was to join up with another British ship, the Pacific Pintail, also carrying plutonium to Japan.

4.   The Philippines protested Wednesday to Tokyo and Paris over the possibility that a ship carrying plutonium from France to Japan might pass close to this nation.

5.   Two British ships carrying plutonium to Japan passed the South African coast on the outer coastal waters, a navy spokesman said Friday.

6.   A rogue Russian space probe carrying plutonium could land in an area between northern New South Wales and Queensland, New South Wales Premier Bob Carr said.

7.   Three hours of nuclear tension gripped Australia on Monday with the country put on full alert to brace for a rogue Russian space probe carrying radioactive plutonium.

8.   The United States said late Sunday that a disabled Russian space probe carrying radioactive plutonium was expected to hit central to eastern Australia within hours.