New Protective Sarcophagus for Chernobyl Power Plant's No.4 Reactor

The EU is the main sponsor of the construction of the sarcophagus, transferring €431 million to Ukraine. In the near future, the EU expects the completion of construction of a new safe storage for nuclear fuel.

A new sarcophagus covered the obsolete old sarcophagus, built after the disaster in 1986, which was supposed to function for 20 to 40 years. The construction of the new one began in 2012.

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A picture shows a general view of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) new metal dome designed and built by French consortium Novarka encasing the destroyed reactor at Chernobyl plant on 10 July 2019, in Chernobyl. - Ukraine and its European partners on July 10 formally inaugurated a new metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor at the infamous Chernobyl plant, wrapping up a two-decade effort. Branded as the world's largest moveable metal structure, the so-called New Safe Confinement seals the remains of the fourth reactor at the nuclear plant that was the site of the massive Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a ceremony putting the New Safe Confinement over the fourth damaged block of Chernobyl nuclear power plant into service in Chernobyl, Ukraine 10 July 2019.

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A picture shows the New Safe Confinement (NSC) new metal dome designed and built by French consortium Novarka encasing the destroyed reactor at Chernobyl plant on 10 July 2019, in Chernobyl. - Ukraine and its European partners on 10 July formally inaugurated a new metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor at the infamous Chernobyl plant, wrapping up a two-decade effort. Branded as the world's largest moveable metal structure, the so-called New Safe Confinement seals the remains of the fourth reactor at the nuclear plant that was the site of the massive Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy poses for a selfie with employees during a ceremony putting the New Safe Confinement over the fourth damaged block of Chernobyl nuclear power plant into service in Chernobyl, Ukraine 10 July 2019.

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Visitors and journalists walk inside the New Safe Confinement (NSC) new metal dome designed and built by French consortium Novarka encasing the destroyed reactor at Chernobyl plant on 10 July 2019, in Chernobyl. - Ukraine and its European partners on 10 July formally inaugurated a new metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor at the infamous Chernobyl plant, wrapping up a two-decade effort. Branded as the world's largest moveable metal structure, the so-called New Safe Confinement seals the remains of the fourth reactor at the nuclear plant that was the site of the massive Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

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An employee looks at monitors in the control room of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) new metal dome designed and built by French consortium Novarka encasing the destroyed reactor at Chernobyl plant on 10 July 2019, in Chernobyl. - Ukraine and its European partners on 10 July formally inaugurated a new metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor at the infamous Chernobyl plant, wrapping up a two-decade effort. Branded as the world's largest moveable metal structure, the so-called New Safe Confinement seals the remains of the fourth reactor at the nuclear plant that was the site of the massive Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (C) attends a ceremony putting the New Safe Confinement over the fourth damaged block of Chernobyl nuclear power plant into service in Chernobyl, Ukraine
10 July 2019.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a commissioning ceremony for the New Safe Confinement (NSC) new metal dome designed and built by French consortium Novarka encasing the destroyed reactor at Chernobyl plant on 10 July 2019, in Chernobyl. - Ukraine and its European partners on 10 July formally inaugurated a new metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor at the infamous Chernobyl plant, wrapping up a two-decade effort. Branded as the world's largest moveable metal structure, the so-called New Safe Confinement seals the remains of the fourth reactor at the nuclear plant that was the site of the massive Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

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A picture shows a general view of the New Safe Confinement (NSC) new metal dome designed and built by French consortium Novarka encasing the destroyed reactor at Chernobyl plant on 10 July 2019, in Chernobyl. - Ukraine and its European partners on 10 July formally inaugurated a new metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor at the infamous Chernobyl plant, wrapping up a two-decade effort. Branded as the world's largest moveable metal structure, the so-called New Safe Confinement seals the remains of the fourth reactor at the nuclear plant that was the site of the massive Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

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Employees stand inside the New Safe Confinement (NSC) new metal dome designed and built by French consortium Novarka encasing the destroyed reactor at Chernobyl plant on 10 July 2019, in Chernobyl. - Ukraine and its European partners on 10 July formally inaugurated a new metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor at the infamous Chernobyl plant, wrapping up a two-decade effort. Branded as the world's largest moveable metal structure, the so-called New Safe Confinement seals the remains of the fourth reactor at the nuclear plant that was the site of the massive Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signs an autograph during a ceremony putting the New Safe Confinement over the fourth damaged block of Chernobyl nuclear power plant into service in Chernobyl, Ukraine 10 July 2019.

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A picture shows a monument near the New Safe Confinement (NSC) new metal dome designed and built by French consortium Novarka encasing the destroyed reactor at Chernobyl plant on 10 July, 2019, in Chernobyl. - Ukraine and its European partners on 10 July formally inaugurated a new metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor at the infamous Chernobyl plant, wrapping up a two-decade effort. Branded as the world's largest moveable metal structure, the so-called New Safe Confinement seals the remains of the fourth reactor at the nuclear plant that was the site of the massive Chernobyl disaster in 1986.