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Responsive interactive graphic includes details of 1986 nuclear accident and the New Safe Confinement structure due to be constructed at the site.
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NUCLEAR

Chernobyl 30th anniversary interactive

By Ben Mullins

April 26, 2016 - The Chernobyl reactor - scene of the world’s worst nuclear disaster 30 years ago - is being entombed in a giant steel shelter. The $2.2 billion New Safe Confinement project is due for completion in 2017, replacing the crumbling concrete sarcophagus erected after the accident.

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PUBLISHED: 25/04/2016; STORY: Graphic News
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