The Marshall Islands is dependent on US funding. This leaves it with little choice than to renegotiate the Compact of Free Association which expires in 2001. Plutonium Shipments Japan imports vitrified high level nuclear waste from France. Japan Nuclear Fuel Ltd plans regular shipments, twice a year, of 150 barrels each. Transiting through the Pacific the ships put Pacific nations at risk.
All routes inevitably pass close to the Marshall Islands.
Please send me an email if you'd like to add an action. General RMI Online. Internet Guide to the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Brief Historical Chronology of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. South Pacific Atlas.