21.   Russian officials have said they were forced to store nuclear waste on board old ships because of a lack of funds to build new storage and disposal facilities.

22.   The pesticides come from treated wood used in constructing new storage facilities.

23.   The new storage facilities and the containers used for shipping the fuel conform to safety standards of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

24.   The United States has already provided several hundred million dollars to help Russia build new nuclear waste storage and disposal facilities.

25.   The United States and Norway helped finance development of the new storage container, Yanovskaya said.

26.   Another joint venture between Norway and Russia is the building of new storage facilities for scrapped reactors at Majak in Chelyabinsk in Siberia.

27.   Residents there have frequently staged protests against a new storage site.

28.   The company had asked for more time to meet the requirements, saying it was negotiating over a new storage site.

29.   The new storage facility will fit into a master plan for the development of the Bandaranaike International Airport and meet higher safety standards, local officials said.