Chernobyl / Operator Announces Delay To Sarcophagus Dismantling Project
Deadline extended for areas ‘most at risk of collapse’
Sarcophagus
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Now that New Safe Confinement is in place over reactor 4, priority is to remove unstable parts of sarcophagus
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