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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."

14 of 293 comments (clear)

  1. First Post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    haha, my first post?

  2. Oh Dear by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How many "In Soviet Russia" jokes will this post spawn?

  3. in SOVIET RUSSIA.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "In Soviet Russia" jokes spawn YOU!

    1. Re:in SOVIET RUSSIA.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Soviet Sad Man is sad that jokes spawn you.

  4. 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

  5. in SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    containment structure builds YOU!

  6. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Soviet Sad Man is sad that this post gets marked redundant.

  7. Re:in SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Soviet Sad Man is sad containment structure builds you.

  8. 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."
  9. At last, a practical use for... by NewtonsLaw · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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

  10. Is their a secret message in slahdot's recent...? by AnonymousCowheard · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Nuclear this...Nuclear that... and now a containment structure.

    I want to sound the least rude as I say this...my genitals are indeed verry nuclear. They are so nuclear, I needed to post this within my house just to shield my laughter from irradiating to other bio-logical life-forms.

    --

    But I'm sure you already Gnu that.
  11. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Subcarrier · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The crime fights YOU!

    --
    "I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them." -- George H. W. Bush
  12. Re:Quake 3 mapping. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Someone mod this down as Offtopic.

  13. IN SOVIET UKRAINE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Chernobyl puts a lid on YOU!