Chernobyl: gigantic shield to cover exploded reactor after 30 years

Video. Chernobyl: gigantic shield to cover exploded reactor after 30 years

In Chernobyl, Ukraine, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, a giant protective shield is slowly being moved into place a couple of feet at a time. The concrete and steel arch is billed as the “largest movable land-based structure ever built,” and it is seen as an important step toward ultimately securing and dismantling the still dangerous reactor.

In Chernobyl, Ukraine, the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster, a giant protective shield is slowly being moved into place a couple of feet at a time. The concrete and steel arch is billed as the “largest movable land-based structure ever built,” and it is seen as an important step toward ultimately securing and dismantling the still dangerous reactor.