1.   Communities of fish and invertebrates are attracted to structures such as oil platforms and nuclear waste dumps.

2.   An aboriginal woman hunted for crabs at low tide below the sea wall of the Lan Yu nuclear waste dump, last week.

3.   And in Nevada, the public fears plans for a federal nuclear waste dump inside Yucca Mountain, overlooking Las Vegas.

4.   A House bill calling for the construction of a temporary high-level nuclear waste dump in the Nevada desert has been cleared for a floor vote.

5.   A Senate panel approves a bill to convey to California a parcel of land in Ward Valley for a low-level nuclear waste dump.

6.   Adamov, the energy minister, had been criticized for his nuclear waste import plan, which environmentalists had said would turn Russia into an international nuclear waste dump.

7.   But no one expects a nuclear dump open by then.

8.   But opponents of the planned nuclear waste dump say the Department of Energy has not answered those two caveats.

9.   Critics seize on the faith put in those systems as a chief flaw in making a nuclear dump out of Yucca Mountain.

10.   Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham toured the location on Monday and plans to announce in a few weeks his recommendations to President Bush about its suitability as a nuclear dump.