BY EPA/SERGEY DOLZHENKO
General view of the new protective shelter which is placed over the remains of the nuclear reactor Unit 4, at Chernobyl nuclear power plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine, 29 November 2016. The explosion of Unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in the early hours of 26 April 1986 is still regarded the biggest accident in the history of nuclear power generation. Under extremely hazardous conditions a steel and concrete structure was built hastily immediately after the accident. The new concrete and steel shelter was built over the still-radioactive remains of the reactor that melted down as a result of the accident and is 105 metres tall, 150 metres in length with a width of 257 metres and has a 100 years life expectancy.
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