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Monday, April 2, 2012

Work on new Chernobyl sarcophagus to start next month

Work on new Chernobyl sarcophagus to start next month

Kiev (AFP) March 28, 2012
The construction of a new sarcophagus above the defunct Chernobyl Atomic Power Station will begin on April 26, the 26th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster, Ukraine said Tuesday. Preliminary work on the 20,000-ton structure designed to contain threats from radioactivity began earlier this year.

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