Chernobyl Plant Administrators Visit Sarcophagus

On June 27, 2008, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant leadership including General Director Igor Gramotkin, Technical Director Andriy Bilyk, Chief Engineer of the project management group for the planning of Shelter (Sarcophagus) activities Andrei Savin, and Deputy Technical Director for the...

Sarcophagus Roof Stabilization Update

The “stabilization” consortium led by joint-stock company Atomstroyexport has completed work on the transfer of load from the roof the Sarcophagus to external support structures.The transfer of 80% of the roof load above Reactor 4’s destroyed central hall from beams...

Tons of Scrap Metal Removed from Chernobyl Zone Daily

New reports indicate that up to 100 tons of scrap metal are removed from the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone every day. Approximately half this amount is legally removed by the government, but the other half is smuggled out to the rest...