The project costs some $1.7 billion and has been funded by contributions from more than 40 countries and organizations through the Chernobyl Shelter Fund -- the largest international collaboration on nuclear safety to date, according to EBRD.
For more information and see the giant shield slides into place over Chernobyl's damaged reactor:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/30/europe/chernobyl-giant-shield/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/opinion/the-great-arch-of-chernobyl.html
Chernobyl's protective shelter - 'one-of-a-kind technological challenge'
The project costs some $1.7 billion and has been funded by contributions from more than 40 countries and organizations through the Chernobyl Shelter Fund -- the largest international collaboration on nuclear safety to date, according to EBRD.
For more information and see the giant shield slides into place over Chernobyl's damaged reactor:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/30/europe/chernobyl-giant-shield/
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/opinion/the-great-arch-of-chernobyl.html