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Chernobyl to be covered in steel

Unread post by Anach » Sun Sep 30, 2007 9:46 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6999140.stm#factbox

The authorities in Ukraine have approved a giant steel cover for the radioactive site of the world's worst nuclear disaster - Chernobyl.
Ukraine has hired a French firm to build the structure to replace the crumbling concrete casing put over the reactor after the 1986 accident.

The casing project is expected to cost $1.4bn (£700m).

It will take five years to complete and the authorities say they will then be able to start dismantling the reactor.
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