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• ASE keeps the lid on Chernobyl

  Repairs to the roof of the Chernobyl sarcophagus have been completed one month ahead of schedule, AtomStroyExport said today. New sections were laid over areas showing signs of corrosion. Posted Aug 19 2008, 12:15 PM by World Nuclear News Filed under: AtomStroyExport, chernobyl

• More cash for Chernobyl

  Leading economies have pledged to provide an extra €62 million ($215 million) to the project to clean up Chernobyl. The money is specifically for a pivotal used nuclear fuel storage facility. Posted Jul 15 2008, 11:05 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: chernobyl

• Chernobyl chopper café plan thwarted

  [RIA Novosti, 30 May; Telegraph, 31 May] A gang has been arrested in Ukraine for planning to smuggle contaminated wood and scrap metal, including a helicopter, from the 18-mile exclusion zone surrounding the damaged Chernobyl nuclear power plant. In a statement, the country's security service reported that it had "identified and put a stop to the unlawful activities of a criminal gang, which had been illegally removing from Chernobyl radioactive scrap metal, automobile spare parts and timber." The statement said that the timber was usually reprocessed at covert plants and later sold as construction materials, while the metal items were usually melted down for scrap. However, the security service said the gang had also "tried to take an Mi-8 helicopter out of the exclusion zone to use it as an original coffee shop in one of Ukraine's cities." The Mi-8 helicopter was the workhorse of the Soviet armed forces and is capable of carrying up to 28 people. It was not made clear how many customers the gang had been hoping to seat. Posted Jun 06 2008, 07:17 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: chernobyl

• EBRD donates $212 million to Chernobyl clean up

  The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has agreed to donate 10% of its profits for 2007 to support international efforts to clean up the site of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. Posted May 22 2008, 10:08 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: chernobyl

• Final Chernobyl fuel removed

  The final nuclear fuel rods have been removed from Chernobyl 3, the last nuclear unit to operate at the Ukrainian power plant, while President Viktor Yushchenko has opened a new waste management and disposal unit. Posted Apr 24 2008, 10:41 AM by World Nuclear News Filed under: chernobyl