1.   Nobody, not even the Labour party, could change the geological conditions.

2.   Rick Jacobi, general manager of the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Authority, said the design of the Sierra Blanca facility takes into account the geological conditions.

3.   Weis said that in most cases, vermiculite becomes contaminated with asbestos because the two minerals form under the same geological conditions.

4.   The paper said that Sunwing would bear all risks and costs in exploring the field, in a block where geological conditions were complicated and development might be difficult.