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France Nears Completion of Chernobyl Steel Confinement Structure - EBRD

© AFP 2023 / VOLODYMYR SHUVAYEV Construction is underway on the Chernobyl New Safe Confinement structure (NSC), an arch that will cover the reactor building once it is moved into position over the Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant, on February 26, 2015
Construction is underway on the Chernobyl New Safe Confinement structure (NSC), an arch that will cover the reactor building once it is moved into position over the Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant, on February 26, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Two French companies have finished the construction of a steel structure, which is part of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) project, over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.

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PARIS (Sputnik) – Two French companies completed the preliminary construction of a giant arch-shaped steel structure over the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) said Tuesday.

“Construction of the steel structure is nearing the end. We are confident that all works will be completed by the end of 2017 on schedule,” EBRD nuclear safety director Vince Novak told RIA Novosti.

Bouygues and Vinci, part of the French-led Novarka consortium, are working on a “sarcophagus” measuring 656 feet by 623 feet. Novarka took on the New Safe Confinement (NSC) known as the “Shelter Object 2” late in 2007.

The $1.5-billion NSC was initially expected to be completed this year but postponed due to funding gaps.

The new casing project is intended to cover the existing “Shelter Object” concrete dome built following the April 26, 1986 Chernobyl disaster that saw one of its four nuclear reactors explode.

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An area of over 80,000 square miles, reaching as far as Swedish and British territories, was contaminated by the radioactive fallout following the disaster.

A Bouygues representative told RIA Novosti the 30-story arch would arrive at Chernobyl disassembled and would be installed over the fourth nuclear reactor in the fall of 2016.

The construction exceeds the Stade de France national stadium in size and weighs five times more than the Eiffel Tower.

In addition to a state-of-the-art frame and auxiliary structures, the NSC is expected to be lined with special padding to protect the environment from the crumbling Shelter Object. The NSC will also be equipped with high-tech ventilation, as well as temperature and humidity regulation systems.

The new structure is part of the $2.4-billion Chernobyl Shelter Fund’s Shelter Implementation Plan. EBRD has assumed responsibility for managing the plan.

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