A giant arch shielding radioactive waste from the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster began sliding into place Monday with a mission of keeping the site safe for generations to come. The European Bank for ...

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine (Reuters) - In the middle of a vast exclusion zone in northern Ukraine, the world's largest land-based moving structure has been slid over the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site to ...

A steel arch weighing 3800 tonnes is being lifted at the Chernobyl site in Ukraine, the second such milestone for the New Safe Confinement project. A steel arch weighing 3800 tonnes is being lifted at ...

The explosion of Reactor No. 4 at Chernobyl on April 26, 1986, caused an unprecedented nuclear accident, releasing radioactive material across much of Europe. To limit the damage, a containment ...

The first half of the Chernobyl arch has been assembled. It is now being gradually moved to make way for construction of the other half. The first half of the Chernobyl arch has been assembled. It is ...

The historic sarcophagus at Chernobyl is slated to be partially dismantled to make way for a safer structure very soon. The Ukranian company that manages the formerly-radioactive site—home of the ...

SHOREVIEW, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PaR Systems, Inc. (http://www.par.com), a world leader in specialty cranes, automation, and robotic solutions since 1961, plays a ...

Construction has started on a gigantic steel arch to cover the remnants of the Chernobyl reactor in Ukraine on the 26th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear accident. President Viktor Yanukovych ...

Located north of Kiev, Chernobyl is the site of the worst nuclear power plant disaster in history. Previously known as the V.I. Lenin Nuclear Power Plant, it was constructed between 1970 and 1977.