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Costly new attempt to make Chernobyl nuclear reactor safer

New shelter over Chernobyl nuclear reactor to be built in 2015, ITAR-TASS,  KIEV, December 13 — A new shelter over the fourth power unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant will be commissioned in 2015, Ukrainian Minister of Emergency Situations Viktor Baloga said during a visit to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant with Administrator of the U.N. Development Programme Helen Clark on Sunday……Under the project a new arch-shaped shelter 108 meters high and 150 meters long will be built over the current sarcophagus. The facility will be equipped with modern radiation security control systems. The new Chernobyl shelter will have 100 years of service life… ITAR-TASS

December 14, 2010 - Posted by | decommission reactor, Ukraine

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