New nuclear waste site being built near Chornobyl (06/28/98)

New nuclear waste site being built near Chornobyl

Eastern Economist

KYIV - The construction of a new nuclear waste storage site began on April 20 in the 30-kilometer exclusion zone around the Chornobyl nuclear power plant. The reservoir will hold up to 533,000 cubic meters of waste for 300 years.

The project will take five years to complete and will cost 65 million hrv. The new site aims to resolve the problem of below ground storage, as space in existing sites is becoming limited.