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Chernobyl 25 years on: New safe confinement and spent fuel storage facility (2011)
| Author | EBRD |
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| Date | 2011 |
| Classification | 2.34.8.15/03 (CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT - CONSEQUENCES SURROUNDINGS - SARCOPHAGUS) |
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From the publication:
Chernobyl 25 years on: New Safe Confinement and Spent Fuel Storage Facility 26 April 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Since then Ukraine and the international community have been working on overcoming the legacy of the accident and converting Chernobyl into a safe and secure site. Recognising the magnitude of the task, the international community has supported Ukraine continuously in efforts to find solutions for Chernobyl. After the shutdown of the last operating reactor in Chernobyl in 2000, today two major technical tasks remain to be accomplished: The first is to make the destroyed unit 4 environmentally safe. The second is to safely and securely store the spent nuclear fuel from reactors 1-3. This is one of the most important stages of the decommisioning of these units. The construction of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) is an unparalleled project in the history of engineering. With a height of more than 100 metres it would be big enough to house the Statue of Liberty. The new structure will be assembled on site, but away from the highly radioactive unit 4 and then slid in place, covering the remains of the reactor building and the old shelter.
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