chernoble article on As It Happens

eugenet

regarding the encasement problem of Chernoble disaster site is it feasable to build a mountain of clay, maybe 2 or 300m high, to enclose the site?
Moving 20,000,000m3 would be a lot cheaper than 1,3B euros.
Would a lead membrane be required?
I am not a scientist if my questions seem simplistic.
What about a ski-hill and water skiing lake? A tourist attraction yet!!!

Thermalne

http://www.chernobyl-international.c...rcophagus.html

This is the current state and future plans of Chernobyl and her "sarcophagus."

Drakkith

It's not a simple case of just enclosing the site with any material. Whatever they use needs to last a long time and not let things leak out and get into the environment. I don't believe dirt or clay would come close to fitting this.