Chernobyl Plant Roof Collapse Not Dangerous - Officials

MOSCOW, February 13 (RIA Novosti) – A partial roof collapse at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant reported late on Tuesday does not pose any health hazard, officials from the power station said on Wednesday.

newsjsWall panels and parts of the roof fell in on Tuesday in the machine-hall at the plant's Reactor Number Four, site of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1986. The damaged area was about 600 square meters (6,456 square feet), the Ukraine-based plant said in a statement.

No-one was hurt in the incident and the radiation level in the so-called exclusion zone around the plant has not changed, the power station's management said.

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-- RIA NOVOSTI 2013-02-13

yeah, in your dreams

I remember reading in the newspaper about 10 years ago that the sarcophagus they put in place needs to be replaced/repaired and that they didn't have the money to do it themselves, so they were looking for donations from the EU. I wonder if that cash ever found its way there and the repairs/replacements took place.

yeah, in your dreams

Actually two French companies are building the news sarcophagus right now in Chernobyl. Check the link in the article.

This actually quite disturbing and I would hate to be workers at that facility.