Chernobyl to get $505m metal cover to stop radiation
Luke Harding
Tuesday September 18, 2007
The Guardian
Ukraine is to cover the site of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor with a vast metal shelter in a long overdue operation designed to prevent the further leak of deadly radiation. Officials in Kiev yesterday said they had hired a French firm to replace the crumbling concrete sarcophagus that has stood at Chernobyl since 1986 - when it was the scene of the world’s worst ever nuclear (...)