The work to install a giant shield over the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine began Monday in an effort to block radioactive material from leaking out over the next several decades.
The installation of the shield is planned to complete on Nov. 29 at a total cost of $1.6 billion, the AFP news agency reports. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is the main sponsor of the project to slide in the arch shield, called the New Safe Confinement, made of concrete and steel, according to the BBC.
Once complete, the arch will block the remains of reactor four at …read more
Source: Time
