The completion of the construction of a new sarcophagus over Chernobyl deferred to 2017
Catherine Plyasunov. The completion of the construction of a new protective shelter over the emergency the fourth unit of the Chernobyl NPP (ChNPP) deferred to November 2017 because of the " serious shortage of public money ", said the Director of the nuclear safety Department of the European Bank for restoration and development (EBRD) Vince Novak. Quoted by the Japanese Agency Kyodo.
according to Novak, now for the timely implementation of the project is not enough to about 615 million euros ". However, as underlined by the Agency, Novak drew attention to the urgent need for the rapid accumulation of funds to complete the construction of a new sarcophagus over the destroyed unit, because the operating time of the old, for 30 years, expiring in 2016.
on the area of the Chernobyl NPP EBRD implements projects for the construction of a new sarcophagus and installation for the processing of liquid radioactive waste and construction of dry storage of spent fuel. The EBRD hopes to raise additional funds for the project, the countries of the " big seven ", and among them, Japan, said the Agency Kyodo.
in result of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant on 26 April 1986 the total area of radioactive contamination in Ukraine amounted to 50 thousand square kilometers in 12 areas from radioactive contamination has damaged 19 Russian regions and part of the territory of Belarus. During the first three months After the disaster died 31 people. Radiation sickness struck 134, while in the secret reports of the story is at least about 300. Victims of the Chernobyl disaster in 25 years, according to various sources, from 25 thousand to 100 thousand people.
The Chernobyl disaster liquidators recognized 600 thousand people, although the elimination of the consequences of the Fukushima disaster lasts until now. After PE over the emergency unit of the station was built sarcophagus " Shelter ", which in the last few years is gradually destroyed. At the end of 2007, the cartel NOVARKA, a French-led companies began to create a new sarcophagus, the construction of which was due to be completed in 2015.