1.   FedEx never monitored the radiation while the shipment was in its custody.

2.   Polynesian territorial President Gaston Flosse said Thursday that Mururoa atoll would be allowed return to its natural state, except for a laboratory to monitor radiation.

3.   It routinely monitors radiation in the area, since the peninsula is a primary base for Russian nuclear submarines.

4.   It routinely monitors radiation in the area, because the Kola is a primary base for Russian nuclear submarines.

5.   No extraordinary radiation has been monitored in the Sea of Japan, where Russia dumped nuclear waste two years ago, an international study showed Wednesday.