Vince Novak, EBRD's nuclear safety director, said: "Strong progress has been made in difficult circumstances. Extensive testing is already under way before the structure will be commissioned and handed over to the management of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP)." The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), which is managing funds for the project, said today: "Installation of critical cranage, ventilation and control systems is nearing completion and the final stages of sealing the confinement of the old structure is under way. The process of sliding the arched structure from its assembly point into position over unit 4 was completed on 29 November 2016. The NSC is designed to withstand temperatures ranging from -43☌ to +45☌, a class-three tornado, and an earthquake with a magnitude of 6 on the Richter scale. It will make the accident site safe and with a lifetime of 100 years will allow for the eventual dismantling of the ageing makeshift shelter from 1986 and the management of the radioactive waste. The NSC is the largest moveable land-based structure ever built, with a span of 257m, a length of 162m, a height of 108m and a total weight of 36,000 tonnes equipped. The enormous arched structure was put in place one year ago and is expected to be commissioned in the first half of 2018. Installation of critical systems is progressing within the New Safe Confinement (NSC) covering the damaged unit 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
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