21.   But it was the nuclear accidents at Three Mile Island and Chernobyl that exposed the transparently thin reed of public support on which commercial nuclear technology had always rested.

22.   But senior administration officials interviewed in Washington said their efforts had failed to halt the flow of nuclear technology to Iran.

23.   But such a step would not address American concerns that the project would help Iran to develop its nuclear expertise and to acquire nuclear technology.

24.   --China and Russia are justified in selling civilian nuclear technology to Iran as long as it is done under the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

25.   China is a traditional friend of Pakistan and reportedly the source of most of its nuclear technology and material.

26.   China is a major source of nuclear technology and weapons to Third World countries.

27.   China sells missile and nuclear technology to dictatorships that hate the United States.

28.   Clinton granted the waiver in return for an agreement by the three countries to clamp down on the sale of nuclear technology to Iran.

29.   Democrats, meanwhile, were expressing outrage over a TV ad that accuses Gore of taking campaign contributions from Chinese donors in exchange for nuclear technology.

30.   Even in Russia, some old hands doubt the wisdom of letting Iran have nuclear technology of any sort.