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November 28, 2012

Chernobyl shelter construction reaches key landmark
Chernobyl, Ukraine (AFP) Nov 27, 2012
Work to build a permanent shelter to secure the exploded reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine reached a key milestone on Tuesday when workers raised the arched section that will cover the destroyed unit. The explosion at reactor number four at the Chernobyl power plant in the early hours of April 26, 1986 sent radioactive fallout into the atmosphere that spread from the Soviet Union across Europe. It remains the world's worst nuclear accident. The structure raised to its full ... read more

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