Chernobyl To Be Enclosed

It looks like someone is finally doing something about the decaying Chernobyl power plant. As most people know, Chernobyl is the site of the worlds most devastating Nuclear power mishap. The reactor melted down and released tons of radioactive material into the atmosphere. At the time of the disaster, a concrete "sarcophagus" was built around the failed power plant in 1986.

Now the years of exposure to radiation has weakened the concrete structure and the worry is that it soon could collapse and release radioactive dust into the atmosphere. In 1997 efforts to shore up the concrete "sarcophagus" and repair the cracks and weakened structure. The shoring of the concrete structure is expected to be completed very soon and work on a large steel containment structure will then begin. This structure will be built next to the power plant and then using rails, will move over the entire power plant structure to enclose it.

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