CHERNOBYL SHELTER
May 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission will donate another Euro 49 million to the international Chernobyl Shelter Fund (CSF), which is converting the plant's destroyed reactor 4 into an environmentally safe site. The Commission made its pledge at a London conference organised by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Brussels said its latest donation was designed to ensure the project met its 2009 completion date.
THE EUROPEAN Commission will donate another Euro 49 million to the international Chernobyl Shelter Fund (CSF), which is converting the plant's destroyed reactor 4 into an environmentally safe site. The Commission made its pledge at a London conference organised by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Brussels said its latest donation was designed to ensure the project met its 2009 completion date.
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