Animation of the future construction of the arch that will encase Chernobyl.

[dixiegrrrrl]

If this has been posted previously I have never seen it.
Fascinating.

http://www.wimp.com/encasechernobyl/

[Electric Monk]

1. (insert radioactive erection joke here)

[qb]

2. That is really cool.

I'll bet it's really expensive, too.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. When I thought of all the ways they could cover that reactor....

nothing remotely like that was in my brain.
It is very complicated and yet elegant, in a way.

This has, hopefully, implications for Japan, also.

[Blue_Tires]

4. i could see one decimal point being off and the whole thing not fit

impressive either way...

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. That was my thought exactly!

Followed by years of finger pointing, investigations, whitewashes, and denied insurance payments.
At least that is the way it is handled in the USA.