@velesyk: The New Safe Confinement (NSC) is not just a "lid" over the reactor. It is the largest movable land-based structure in human history! 🌍 • Scale: You could easily fit the Statue of Liberty or Notre-Dame Cathedral inside the arch. 🗽 • Safety: It has a lifespan of 100 years. Huge remote-controlled cranes are installed inside to eventually dismantle the old "Sarcophagus" and the reactor's remains without human involvement. 🤖 • Complexity: The structure was assembled 300 meters away from the reactor to reduce radiation exposure for the builders, and then slid into place on special rails. Fun fact: The total weight of the arch is 36,200 tons. That is equal to 3 Eiffel Towers or 5,000 adult elephants! 🐘 To move this massive structure, 224 hydraulic jacks were used, and the "trip" to the reactor took almost 33 hours. Now, this structure safely protects the world from radioactive dust for an entire century. // #chernobyl #чернобыль #чаэс #animation

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