UKRAINE/FILE: A quarter of a century since the Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine lacks funds needed for a new protective covering, to make the site of the world's worst nuclear accident safe
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UKRAINE/FILE: A quarter of a century since the Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine lacks funds needed for a new protective covering, to make the site of the world's worst nuclear accident safe
- Title: UKRAINE/FILE: A quarter of a century since the Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine lacks funds needed for a new protective covering, to make the site of the world's worst nuclear accident safe
- Date: 23rd April 2011
- Summary: CHERNOBYL UKRAINE (RECENT - APRIL 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF WORKERS FIXING ROADS IN CHERNOBYL LORRY PASSES WITH THE CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR PLANT IN THE BACKGROUND RADIATION WARNING SIGN WITH CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR PLANT AT THE BACKGROUND
- Embargoed: 8th May 2011 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Ukraine
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
- Reuters ID: LVA455VHGYPG72LCETXVWJPB634
- Story Text: A quarter of a century since the Chernobyl disaster, Ukraine lacks funds needed for a new protective covering, to make the site of the world's worst nuclear accident safe. Environmentalists say what the plant needs is not another 'sarcophagus' but new ideas on how to dispose of the massive amount of radioactive waste it still houses.
- Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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