Atomstroyexport to sign fire safety contract for Chernobyl NPP

MOSCOW, January 27 (RIA Novosti) - A Russian-Ukrainian consortium, led by Russia's nuclear power equipment and service export monopoly, is to construct a fire protection facility on the sarcophagus of the damaged reactor at Chernobyl in Ukraine, Atomstroyexport said Tuesday.

The Chernobyl disaster believed to be the worst in the history of nuclear power occurred in April 1986 at the Chernobyl NPP's reactor 4. The reactor was destroyed and later covered with a concrete sarcophagus to prevent radiation from escaping.