CHERNOBYL25

Date: 19 April 2011
International community pledges extra funds for New Safe Confinement and Spent Fuel Storage Facility. EBRD announces additional €120 million contribution
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Date: 8 April 2011
Assembly of new structure to be finalised in mid-2015
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Глава Государственного агентства Украины по управлению зоной отчуждения Владимир Холоша, Вице-Президент ЕБРР Хорст Райхенбах и Директор Департамента Ядерной Безопасности ЕБРР Винс Новак проведут пресс-брифинг, посвященный состоянию реализации международных проектов на Чернобыльской АЭС.
 

The new website www.chernobyltwentyfive.org which provides comprehensive information about the international efforts to transform Chernobyl into an environmentally safe site has been launched.

The website provides an overview of the activities in Chernobyl since the 1986 accident and an outlook on works that remain to be done. It demonstrates the work of the Government of Ukraine and the international donor community in the 25 years since the accident.

Bank contributes €135 million to international support effort . The EBRD, the Government of Ukraine and the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant have signed a grant agreement under which the Bank will rovide €135 million from its own resources to the international efforts to transform the plant into a safe and secure site. Almost 23 years ago Chernobyl was the scene of the worst nuclear accident in history, when reactor 4 exploded in the early hours of 26 April 1986.