61.   Formerly a rocket range, it is now being considered as a place for a nuclear waste dump.

62.   The South Korean government last year announced plans for the islet dump after violent protests by residents had forced it to abandon plans for an inland nuclear waste dump.

63.   The trucks which were parked all day in the yard where the transhipment took place, were due to set out on Wednesday for the nuclear waste dump.

64.   It also reiterated firm opposition to a proposed underground nuclear waste dump at Sellafield, expected to be announced this month.

65.   Leaflets and banners demanded the government scrap a controversial plan to build a nuclear waste dump on an islet off Inchon.

66.   Meanwhile New Zealand officials were last week predicting that a Marshalls plan to turn two atolls into international nuclear waste dumps could cause sharp exchanges of opinion.

67.   One member state, the Marshall Islands, is touting the idea of turning several atolls into nuclear waste dumps for other nations.

68.   Spokesman Yves Sabatier said the two test sites are uncontrolled nuclear waste dumps.

69.   The communique was silent on plans by forum hosts the Marshall islands who are moving ahead with plans to build a nuclear waste dump here.