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<blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 16597569" data-attributes="member: 158020"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>The government coverup was a catalyst for reforms leading to the Soviet collapse.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr07/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-9123-1398350517-10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus have been burdened with the substantial decontamination and health care costs.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr08/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-29236-1398350524-10.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>Estimates of the total number of deaths that will eventually result from the accident vary enormously.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr08/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-29291-1398350518-12.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>The Chernobyl Forum predicts a death toll of 4,000 among those exposed to the highest levels of radiation.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr03/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-682-1398350516-11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>In 1991, a report showed the reactors at Chernobyl didn’t comply with accepted standards of nuclear reactor safety.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr02/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-25374-1398350524-16.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>An area originally extending 30km in all directions from the plant is officially called the “zone of alienation”.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr02/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-25384-1398350534-13.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>It is largely uninhabited, except for about 300 residents who have refused to leave.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr03/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-727-1398350524-17.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>The Chernobyl reactor is now enclosed in a large concrete sarcophagus.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr07/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-8386-1398350509-14.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>The sarcophagus was built quickly after the disaster, to allow the other reactors to remain operational.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr02/25/5/enhanced-buzz-wide-11513-1398416413-11.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>Reactor 2 was shut down after a fire in 1992 and Reactor 1 was decommissioned in 1996.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr02/25/5/enhanced-buzz-wide-11524-1398416475-16.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>Reactor 3 wasn’t turned off until 15 December 2000.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr06/25/5/enhanced-buzz-wide-9773-1398416590-14.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>A new structure will be completed in 2016, the end of the 30-year lifespan of the original sarcophagus.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr05/25/5/enhanced-buzz-wide-5781-1398416627-7.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>The structure is being built adjacent to the existing sarcophagus and will be slid into place on rails.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr07/25/5/enhanced-buzz-wide-19654-1398416932-20.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>At 105m (344 ft) high and spanning 257 m (843 ft), it will cover both Reactor 4 and the hastily built 1986 structure.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr07/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-9029-1398350647-15.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>Ukrainian officials estimate the area will not be safe for human life again for another 20,000 years.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr06/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-22535-1398350530-14.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong>But if you can’t wait that long, the sealed zone around Chernobyl was opened up to tourists in 2011.</span></span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: Red">-</span></span></span></span></strong></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><img src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr06/25/5/enhanced-buzz-wide-9773-1398416742-22.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></span></span></strong></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wolverine GTR, post: 16597569, member: 158020"] [CENTER][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]The government coverup was a catalyst for reforms leading to the Soviet collapse.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr07/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-9123-1398350517-10.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus have been burdened with the substantial decontamination and health care costs.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr08/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-29236-1398350524-10.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]Estimates of the total number of deaths that will eventually result from the accident vary enormously.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr08/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-29291-1398350518-12.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]The Chernobyl Forum predicts a death toll of 4,000 among those exposed to the highest levels of radiation.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr03/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-682-1398350516-11.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]In 1991, a report showed the reactors at Chernobyl didn’t comply with accepted standards of nuclear reactor safety.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr02/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-25374-1398350524-16.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]An area originally extending 30km in all directions from the plant is officially called the “zone of alienation”.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr02/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-25384-1398350534-13.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]It is largely uninhabited, except for about 300 residents who have refused to leave.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr03/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-727-1398350524-17.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]The Chernobyl reactor is now enclosed in a large concrete sarcophagus.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr07/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-8386-1398350509-14.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]The sarcophagus was built quickly after the disaster, to allow the other reactors to remain operational.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr02/25/5/enhanced-buzz-wide-11513-1398416413-11.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]Reactor 2 was shut down after a fire in 1992 and Reactor 1 was decommissioned in 1996.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr02/25/5/enhanced-buzz-wide-11524-1398416475-16.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]Reactor 3 wasn’t turned off until 15 December 2000.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr06/25/5/enhanced-buzz-wide-9773-1398416590-14.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]A new structure will be completed in 2016, the end of the 30-year lifespan of the original sarcophagus.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr05/25/5/enhanced-buzz-wide-5781-1398416627-7.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]The structure is being built adjacent to the existing sarcophagus and will be slid into place on rails.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr07/25/5/enhanced-buzz-wide-19654-1398416932-20.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]At 105m (344 ft) high and spanning 257 m (843 ft), it will cover both Reactor 4 and the hastily built 1986 structure.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr07/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-9029-1398350647-15.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]Ukrainian officials estimate the area will not be safe for human life again for another 20,000 years.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr06/24/10/enhanced-buzz-wide-22535-1398350530-14.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B]But if you can’t wait that long, the sealed zone around Chernobyl was opened up to tourists in 2011.[/SIZE][/FONT][/B][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=Red]-[/COLOR][/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/B][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [B][FONT=Century Gothic][SIZE=3][IMG]http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/2014-04/enhanced/webdr06/25/5/enhanced-buzz-wide-9773-1398416742-22.jpg[/IMG][/SIZE][/FONT][/B] [/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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