Saturday, May 24, 2008

Documentary "The rescue Chernobyl"(4): sarcophagus

by:阮一峰

followingcontinued paste documentary "Chernobyl rescue"the fourth part.

when the explosion caused the fire off, the next step is the entire rescue mission in the most difficult part - the construction of a concrete Zhaozai, radioactive substances closed. This Zhaozai known as the "sarcophagus."



fire can also rely on airdrops, we must build the sarcophagus to the scene, and several hundred tons of uranium and plutonium close contact. This task is a difficult degree unimaginable, the price is very great.



Iother Localsee, seven years after the accident, rescue personnel are 7,000 people have died, one third of which is suicide.



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1986, July Chernobyl, on the 4th reactor.





surrounding the nuclear power plant is a huge operation, seven days a week, no rest day. 300,000 cubic meters of contaminated areas, all bulldozers to dig into the trenches and covered up with cement.







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original link:http://www.ruanyifeng.com/blog/2008/04/battle_of_chernobyl_part_iv.html

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