KIEV (Sputnik) — Sumi noted that the European Commission has also significantly contributed to the Chernobyl's Foundation.
"Today I would like express our gratitude on behalf of G7 countries on the installation of the confinement. The Group of Seven declaration said that all the G7 members seek to provide high level of nuclear safety in the world. The Group of Seven was one of the founders of the Chernobyl's Foundation which helped create this confinement," Sumi said during the official ceremony dedicated to the installation of the shelter over the fourth power generating unit of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
The French-led Novarka consortium took on the NSC, known as the "Shelter Object 2" late in 2007. The new casing project, a "sarcophagus" measuring 656 feet by 623 feet, 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. 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 structure is part of the $2.4-billion Chernobyl Shelter Fund’s Shelter Implementation Plan.
