EU steps up its contribution to nuclear safety in Chernobyl with €70 million

EU News 116/2015

Brussels, 27 April 2015
IP/15/4862

Today, the European Commission will step up its contribution with €70 million to ensure the complete return to a safe environment at the Chernobyl site (Ukraine).

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The €70 million pledge, announced at the EU-Ukraine Summit, amounts to some €360 million provided already for the completion of a number of projects, including the New Safe Confinement being built to enclose the existing 'sarcophagus' and reactor 4 destroyed during the 1986 accident.

Source and additional information:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-15-4862_en.htm?locale=en

EU-Ukraine Summit. From left to right: Mr Donald TUSK, President of the European Council; Mr Petro POROSHENKO, President of Ukraine; Mr Jean-Claude JUNCKER, President of the European Commission. Shoot location: Kiev - UKRAINE Shoot date: 27/04/2015 URL

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