IB Times-
In the months immediately after a flawed reactor design triggered the world’s worst nuclear disaster in the Ukrainian city of Chernobyl, engineers and construction workers hurriedly built a steel and concrete “sarcophagus” to enclose the doomed site and prevent radiation leak. Now, as the 30th anniversary of the incident approaches, on April 26, workers at the site are rushing to replace the hastily constructed and aging structure with another protective shell, named the New Safe Confinement (NSC).
Once the construction work is completed, the gigantic arch, made of stainless steel, will be the largest movable structure ever built.
“The new structure will also be an extraordinary landmark, tall enough to house London’s St Paul’s or Paris’ Notre Dame cathedrals, To minimize the risk of workers’ exposure to radiation, it is being assembled in the vicinity of the site and then slid into position,” the European Bank of for Reconstruction and Development, which in one of the main funders of the project, says in a statement published on its website.
ht/ the big owe
Better cap all the Nuke Plants in the USA now. ISIS cells in America have been eyeballing every one of them. 🙁
Is the new sheath ribbed, for her satisfaction…?
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The sarcophagus isn’t anything more than a weather shield. Neither, really, is the new one.
Can we build one over the Obamas?
Last weeks TV show, Scorpion, already solved this issue…
The Russians, noted for their precise engineering, have this one dicked.
Really what could go wrong? It’s not like the original disaster was their fault, was it?
I think a 300′ high, arched metal building to cover seeping radioactive emissions is a sooper idea.
This is a Bechtel Project overseen by American scientists. My guess is the good ole US of A paid for most of it. When the socialists and communists finally destroy our ingenuity, the world is screwed.
OK, just play classical music for six hours before you announce the next disaster to emerge from this project.
Chernobyl was a Man Made Political disaster. Not a deficient design. RBMK designs weren’t smart, but they were safe until Politically motivated, illegal, tests were made.
http://chernobylgallery.com/chernobyl-disaster/cause/
I would make the worlds largest Acrylic Encapsulation. A nice cube would be nice.
http://www.mementoexclusives.com/business-customers/sports-services/acrylic-encapsulation/