November, 24 2012 (the first lifting of the Arch)

On November 24, 2012, at the Chernobyl NPP Shelter Object site the first lifting of the East part of the Arch with weight of 5,300 t up to height of 22 m was performed.

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April 26, 1986 (1.23.40 a.m., Moscow time) – accident at Chornobyl NPP Unit No.4 in the course of design testing of one of the safety-related systems
In the beginning of May, 1977 the assemblers, builders, servicemen and operational personnel of ChNPP begun precommissioning works at Unit 1

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