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G7 Welcomes Installation of New Sarcophagus Over Chernobyl NPP
G7 Welcomes Installation of New Sarcophagus Over Chernobyl NPP
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The Group of Seven (G7) welcomed the installation of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) over the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, which replaced... 29.11.2016, Sputnik International
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G7 Welcomes Installation of New Sarcophagus Over Chernobyl NPP
13:20 GMT 29.11.2016 (Updated: 13:48 GMT 29.11.2016) The Group of Seven (G7) welcomed the installation of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) over the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear plant, which replaced the old sarcophagus, Japanese Ambassador to Ukraine Shigeki Sumi said Tuesday.
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.
23 September 2016, 15:23 GMT
The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred in late April 1986 in the then-Ukrainian Soviet Republic. The catastrophe heavily contaminated neighboring areas, which now form an exclusion zone. Fallout from the disaster also affected areas in Belarus, Russia and the Baltic region.
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.
