21.   The Scottish Environmental Protection Agency is to be responsible for controlling radioactive waste, air pollution, water pollution and the regulation of solid waste disposal.

22.   Asked what concerned them most in connection with nuclear power, respondents named the possibility of accidents, human error and the storage of radioactive waste.

23.   Taiwan, which has three nuclear power plants, currently stores radioactive waste on a small island off the southeastern coast.

24.   Friends of the Earth has claimed that radioactive waste from the Springfields nuclear plant is contaminating parts of the River Ribble in Lancashire.

25.   The British government has ignored the advice of its own experts on the disposal of radioactive waste generated by hospitals and research institutes.

26.   The French government has published details of the locations under consideration for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste.

27.   In the past radioactive waste was transported to Russia for burial.

28.   The issue of dumping radioactive waste overshadowed the final phase of the negotiations and nearly caused them to break down.

29.   Environmental groups deplored the failure of the convention to impose an absolute ban on the dumping of radioactive waste.

30.   According to a statement by a Russian government commission, Russian warships are still dumping radioactive waste in the seas off the northern and eastern coasts despite official bans.