Chernobyl Shelter Fund
The international fund that pays for making the reactor shelter safe.
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The Chernobyl Shelter Fund was set up in December 1997 to pay for the Shelter Implementation Plan, the programme to make the shelter over the destroyed reactor stable and safe. The most visible part of that programme is the construction of the New Safe Confinement. The fund is managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Last updated 2026-09-29 from the source article.
Quick Facts
- Established
- December 1997
- Managed by
- European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
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Lore & Background
The initiative came from the G7 governments, the European Commission and Ukraine, and it was announced at the 1997 summit in Denver. The aim is to create the conditions for dismantling the structures contaminated by radiation. The project was estimated to cost US$667 million and to turn the shelter into a stable and environmentally safe system for an estimated 100 years.
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Contributions have come from well beyond the region. The contributor countries include Canada, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and the United States. Several other countries that are not members have made donations, among them Argentina, Hungary, India and Turkey.
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- Wikipedia: Chernobyl Shelter Fund (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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