21.   Germany resumed nuclear waste shipments this year after a three-year break imposed by the previous government after radioactive leakage was discovered in some containers.

22.   Germany resumed waste shipments a year ago, following a three-year break imposed by the previous government after radioactive leakage was discovered in some containers.

23.   Germany resumed nuclear waste shipments last spring following a three-year break imposed by the previous government after radioactive leakage was discovered in some containers.

24.   Germany resumed nuclear waste shipments this year after a three-year break imposed by the previous government after radioactive leakage was discovered on some containers.

25.   Gov. Jim Hodges, who pushed the Legislature to approve joining the compact, wants to eliminate most waste shipments to Barnwell.

26.   In April, activists turned out in force in an attempt to disrupt waste shipments to reprocessing plants in France and Britain.

27.   In light of the previous protests, a French court on Monday is to consider a restraining order barring Greenpeace from interfering with the waste shipments.

28.   In Lower Saxony state, authorities on Wednesday postponed a nuclear waste shipment scheduled this fall because many police officers refused to guard it against protesters.

29.   It is unclear if the garbage found in the questionable waste shipments would fall within its jurisdiction.

30.   Meanwhile, a spokesman for the nuclear industry called on Environment Minister Juergen Trittin to lift a ban on nuclear waste shipments to treatment centers abroad.