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A quarter of century after the world`s worst nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, Ukraine has received enough pledges to begin the long-awaited construction of a new shelter around the ruins of reactor. More than 25 yearsafter the Chernobyl nuclear reactor explosion, Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych has announced that the government has received sufficient donations to begin constructing a new "sarcophagus" around the contaminated site.

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