I was told a few months ago that they have been flying military type drones
over the local area looking for radiation hot spots still there after all
this time, one supposes that they have a way to clean this localised
contamination up?



Its interesting to note of course that wildlife and plant life have been
very successful in the area, and it makes you wonder if we can learn
anything from this?
IE could we use some of the mutations to make people who are less
susceptible to radiation damage of their dna?

Brian

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On 11/15/2016 3:03 PM, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

"One of the most ambitious projects in the history of engineering passes
a major milestone today as the arch shielding radioactive waste caused
by the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear power station accident has started sliding
into place"

"Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement (NSC) is the largest moveable land-
based structure ever built, with a span of 257 metres, a length of 162
metres, a height of 108 metres and a total weight of 36,000 tonnes
equipped"

"It will now be moved into its resting place over Chernobyl's reactor 4
which was destroyed in the accident 30 years ago"

"The sliding is done with help of a special skidding system that
consists of 224 hydraulic jacks to push the arch 60 centimetres each
stroke. It is anticipated that the total skid time will be around 40
hours of operation spread over a period of up to 5 days"

http://chnpp.gov.ua/en/default-en/10...tep-in-unique-
engineering-project-as-chernobyl-arch-slides-into-place


Certainly impressive, but still bugger all compared to launching a modern
supertanker. Admittedly that has gravity helping, but you have to get a
lot of sums right to do it.