/oss/taxonomy/term/3051/all en /oss/article/did-you-know/there-radioactive-elephants-foot-slowly-burning-hole-ground <p><span>After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear accident, reactor number 4, which was involved in the accident, was encased in concrete to contain the radiation and debris, creating a structure known as “the sarcophagus”. Other reactors in the plant however remained active until 2000, despite the radioactive nature of the area surrounding reactor 4. </span></p> Thu, 22 Mar 2018 19:30:00 +0000 Ada McVean B.Sc. 6968 at /oss