41.   Greenpeace campaigners have pledged to track the vessel carrying the waste all the way to Japan.

42.   A ship carrying nuclear waste to Japan met international safety standards, giving the Australian government no reason for protest, Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said Friday.

43.   A train carrying nuclear waste left the atomic power plant Unterweser in northern Germany for the British reprocessing center Sellafield Wednesday, police said.

44.   A train carrying nuclear waste for reprocessing at a plant in The Hague derailed Tuesday at Apach in eastern France but there were no leaks, local officials said.

45.   Aboriginal Taiwanese on Lanyu Island on Monday forced a ship carrying nuclear waste back to Taiwan after threatening to burn the boat, local officials said.

46.   Concern has been expressed that the accord could hamper regional navigation, particularly of the growing number of vessels carrying nuclear waste.

47.   The ship carrying the waste left France last week and is expected at the Japanese port of Mutsu-Ogawara in mid-March.

48.   The train entered France Wednesday, carrying nuclear waste from atomic power stations in Stade and Brunsbuettel in northern Germany and from Neckarwestheim in the southwest.

49.   These joined up at Walheim with four others carrying waste from two nuclear power stations in Baden-Wuerttemberg and Bavaria.

50.   Issues remaining to be resolved include concerns over ships carrying nuclear waste through ASEAN waters, and problems surrounding the peaceful use of nuclear energy, officials said.