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New protective shield for Chernobyl reactor

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December 3, 2016

30 years ago, the Chernobyl disaster released a radioactive cloud. Soviet authorities rushed to encase the reactor with a concrete sarcophagus, but that's reached the end of its life span. Now, the ruins have been secured for a second time.

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