41.   He said the current program of assistance for Russian weapons dismantlement and safe storage should be maintained and called for measures to improve controls at Russian nuclear facilities.

42.   It urged the Lebanese government to take steps to dispose of the waste and set up a safe storage system.

43.   North Korean and US experts opened a second round of talks in Pyongyang Wednesday on the safe storage of spent nuclear fuel, the Korean Central News Agency said.

44.   South Korean officials and nuclear experts here contend that because of insufficient experience and economic difficulties, the North could not build a safe storage facility for nuclear waste.

45.   The agreement also covers the dismantling of infrastructure of weapons of mass destruction, identifying and neutralising sources of radioactivity and securing the safe storage of spent fuel.

46.   The material was taken to Dover air force base in Delaware and then transferred to safe storage at the Oak Ridge nuclear facility in Tennessee.