The Arch, the world’s biggest movable facility, is 110 m high and 165 m long, was built by JV Novarka. On November 29, it was finally put in place over the 4th reactor of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, Joinfo.com ...
Read More »New Chornobyl confinement almost in place
A giant dome, called “The Arch”, will cover the old crumbling concrete sarcophagus constructed over the ruined 4th reactor of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant after the catastrophe on April 26, 1986, Joinfo.com reports. In a few days, the 36,000-ton ...
Read More »Reuters: China to build solar power plant in Ukraine Chornobyl exclusion zone
GCL System Integration Technology (GCL-SI), a subsidiary of the GCL Group, said it would cooperate with China National Complete Engineering Corp (CCEC) on the project in Ukraine, with construction expected to start next year, according to Reuters. “There will be ...
Read More »Ukrainian President established Chornobyl Radiation and Environmental Biosphere Reserve
The newly established Biosphere Reserve will become one of the largest environmental institutions of Ukraine. It is located on the territory of Ivankov and Polissia districts of Kyiv region within the exclusion zone and zone of unconditional (obligatory) resettlement. The ...
Read More »EBRD shows Chornobyl’s New Safe Confinement construction site
According to the statement of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), never before has such a huge structure been assembled under comparable circumstances and in the vicinity of a heavily contaminated site, Joinfo.ua reports. Work on the Chornobyl’s ...
Read More »30th anniversary of Chornobyl: Ukrainian President honored memory of liquidators and victims of disaster
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko laid flowers to memorial “To Heroes of Chornobyl” and memorial sign “To Warriors of Chornobyl” in the Memorial Complex of the Victims of Chornobyl Disaster, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to the Presidential press service. During his ...
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