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New shelter over Chernobyl ruins

Long-overdue construction of the replacement for the confinement shelter over the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s contaminated unit is being launched in Ukraine. The New Safe Confinement is a 108-meter tall sliding arch structure, which will cover the existing sarcophagus, which had been hastily built as a temporary measure after the nuclear disaster in 1986. Unlike the old shelter,…

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