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The Guardian: Timelapse shows Chornobyl shelter construction (VIDEO)

By The Guardian.
People attend a ceremony unveiling Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement covering the destroyed 4th block of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant after its installation was completed on November 29, 2016.Ukraine was due to unveil the world's largest moveable metal structure over the Chornobyl nuclear power plant's doomed fourth reactor to ensure the safety of future generations across Europe. The giant arch's height of 108 metres (355 feet) makes it taller than New York's Statue of Liberty while its weight of 36,000 tons is three times heavier that the Eifel Tower in Paris. The 1.5 billion euros ($1.6 billion) structure has been edged into place over an existing crumbling dome that the Soviets built in haste when disaster struck three decades ago on April 26.
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Timelapse footage shows the construction of a steel shelter designed to prevent radiation leaks from the site of reactor No 4 at Chornobyl.

The series of videos captures the shelter’s progression over several years up to its placement on Nov. 29. High radiation levels near the reactor meant parts had to be assembled several hundred metres away and then slid slowly into place.

Watch the video here.

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