This is how scientists are keeping Chernobyl’s radiation contained
Engineers at Chernobyl, Ukraine, are close to installing a new state-of-the-art protective shelter over the remains of reactor no. 4, the site of the worst nuclear power plant accident in history. The New Safe Confinement, a 30,000-ton structure that resembles a hangar the size of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, is the largest movable structure built. It will serve two purposes. First, […] …read more
Source: The Washington Post
