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New protective shield for Chernobyl reactor

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Christian F. Trippe
November 28, 2016

30 years ago the wrecked reactor at Chernobyl in Ukraine released a radioactive cloud that led tot he region being evacuated. Now it receives a new protective shield to contain the radiation and decontaminate the site.

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