CHERNOBYL
March 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLEUROPEAN Union Tacis programme grants are to fund much of the Euro 33.3 million contract for the construction of a radioactive waste management facility near the Chernobyl power plant that has been signed by the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy (represented by Energoatom, the National Nuclear Energy Generating Company) and the German contractor NUKEM Nuclear GmbH. A Brussels statement said that "the building of this complex is part of the EU's efforts to ensure the decommissioning of the power plant and its replacement with more environment-friendly ...
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