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Originally posted by Parihaka View PostThe steel cap is being built away from the site. It'll be moved into position by rail over top of the reactor once completed and the concrete pumped in
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Originally posted by Minskaya View PostNot sure Pari. I just remember someone mentioning that tours were closed (temporarily?) when I was in Kyiv a few weeks back.In the realm of spirit, seek clarity; in the material world, seek utility.
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Originally posted by Doktor View Post:slap:
Why would anyone pay to go there?
Do they provide NBC suits?
According to some Russian sites, even today people work there. They continue to place the cover on top of the blown up reactor, so that radiation could not spread.
They are allowed to work inside not more than 2 minutes a day in special protective uniform, and they get $1000 monthly salary for this 2 minute job a day, which is 5 times bigger than an average salary in this region. Many people try to tune their the dosage indicators so that they show less numbers than they got in reality so that they could work more and earn more.
I guess we should send the tourists there to place the cover and pay for doing that job!
Once it's completed, it will be slid over top of the existing containment structure. Once in place, the original containment will be disassembled, eventually leading to the whole plant being disassembled.
The last working reactor, number 3, was actually just shut down 13 years ago."If a man does his best, what else is there?"
-General George Patton Jr.
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Originally posted by Parihaka View PostMeanwhile, lurking in the basement
[ATTACH=CONFIG]33960[/ATTACH]"There is never enough time to do or say all the things that we would wish. The thing is to try to do as much as you can in the time that you have. Remember Scrooge, time is short, and suddenly, you're not there any more." -Ghost of Christmas Present, Scrooge
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Originally posted by Stitch View PostIIRC, that's actually concrete "pouring" out of the pipe; the reactor core got so hot it melted the concrete.
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Corium (nuclear reactor) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaIn the realm of spirit, seek clarity; in the material world, seek utility.
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With assistance from an international consortium, Ukraine is building the Novarka (New Arch) to cover the damaged reactor at Chernobyl. The current concrete cover is cracking and there are fears it will begin to leak radiation into the environment. Novarka will be the largest structure of its kind in the world... four times heavier than the Eiffel Tower, taller that the Statue of Liberty, and wider than the Stade de France. To prevent the structure suffering from corrosion, Novarka engineers have had to be very inventive. Their solutions include making sure that the structure has maximum airtightness, insulating it with a stainless steel exterior skin and circulating dry air in the arch to prevent humidity from forming.
The Novarka is under construction and currently is about half of its final height/widthsigpic
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Incredible to see the pics of the abandoned settlements
Originally posted by tankie View PostVegetation taking over .
Chernobyl Zone — Europe’s Largest Wildlife Refuge? « Russia Watch
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