It looks like the current sarcophagus covering Chernobyl’s reactor number 4 is nearing the end of its life and the new safe confinement has to be finished soon (or else fecal matter will hit the oscillating wind device). Problem is, the new one costs a lot of money and Ukraine is coming up a little short. A billion short.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, set up in 1991 to finance projects in former communist Europe, has collected $1.43 billion for the new Chernobyl confinement with the European Union and United States the two biggest donors.
An additional $1.06 billion is needed to complete the structure and add spent-fuel storage facilities for the four reactors, said Ukraine Emergency Minister Viktor Baloga. – seattletimes
If they do manage to get the funds they need, this is the bad boy they’re gonna build:
