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Putting A Lid On Chernobyl

Posted by chrisd on from the graphite-didn't-work dept.

slicer622 writes "Chernobyl is finally getting a containment structure (Washington Post). Billed as the largest moveable structure ever built, its designed to help take apart the wreckage and keep most of the radioactive material from spreading. It will be 800 feet across, and 300 feet high and will cost $800 mil."

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  1. state the obvious! by RobertTaylor · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "We will need a lot of shielding"...said Vincent Novak, director of the Nuclear Safety Department for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

  2. Obligatory Simpsons Reference by Cyno01 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    "...birds and squirrels and birds come and go all the time."
    So do they have squirrels like in that one ep where Mr Burns was dumping radioactive waste in the park and that squirrel came outa the tree and zapped off the acorn with beams from its eyes and snatched it up with an extending tounge?

    GIR: I saw a squirrel! It was goin like this.

    --
    "Sic Semper Tyrannosaurus Rex."
  3. At last, a practical use for... by NewtonsLaw · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At last we have a practical use for all those AOL CDs eh?