11.   In Canada, anti-nuclear groups said they would take legal action asserting that the reactor sale violates federal environmental regulations.

12.   Moscow has agreed to put the reactor sale on hold while a commission headed by Gore and Chernomyrdin examines the issue.

13.   Russia has refused to heed a U.S. call for halting the reactor sale, dampening the bilateral disarmament talks.

14.   So far, Russia has rejected administration appeals that it cancel the reactor sale.

15.   So far, Russia has rejected U.S. appeals that it cancel the reactor sale.

16.   The government has defended the reactor sale, saying it will create jobs in Canada while helping China meet rapidly growing energy demands.

17.   The United States has pressured Russia to cancel a planned reactor sale to Iran, contending the Iranians plan to build nuclear weapons.

18.   While the concession from Moscow does not block the reactor sale, it does keep Clinton from returning to Washington empty-handed.

19.   Otheguy said the two countries had a series of meetings and exchanges between technicians five years ago to study the reactor sale.

20.   Rabin, who accuses Tehran of working to build an atomic bomb, failed last month to convince Russian Foreign Minister Andrei Kozyrev to halt the reactor sales.