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 (FILE) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) HELICOPTER ABOVE REACTOR NUMBER 4 WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN EXPLOSION REMAINS OF EXPLODED REACTOR SEEN THROUGH HOLE HELICOPTER OVER REACTOR NUMBER 4 VARIOUS OF RESCUE WORKERS AT EXPLODED REACTOR VARIOUS CHERNOBYL POWER STATION MAN MEASURING RADIATION LEVELS AT CHERNOBYL REACTOR NUMBER 4 CHERNOBYL POWER STATION
- Embargoed: 8th May 2011 13:00
- Keywords:
- Location: Ukraine
- Country: Ukraine
- Topics: Disasters / Accidents / Natural catastrophes
- Reuters ID: LVA4PFWD532L7RL9AZMJR2HBM0PC
- 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: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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