Protective arch to be placed over defunct Chornobyl power unit by mid-November

"I hope we will complete the process of its placement in 168 days [by mid-November]," he said. Donor countries have transferred money to an account at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in order to finish the construction of a spent nuclear fuel storage facility at the Chornobyl NPP, including EUR 1.4 million from Ukraine, the minister said. This April marked the 30th anniversary of world’s worst ever nuclear disaster in Chornobyl, 130 kilometres north of Kyiv.