Germany to provide extra EUR 19 mln for overcoming consequences of Chornobyl disaster

10:52, 22.04.2016 1 min read

Germany's Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety Barbara Hendricks has said that Germany plans to provide additional financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of EUR 19 million in the coming years to overcome the consequences of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster.

"We have already invested about EUR 120 million. In addition, in the coming years we will provide another EUR 19 million into the project," she said in an interview with Nordwest-Zeitung newspaper published on Friday.

If they manage to cover the nuclear power unit by a new dome, there will be no more immediate danger from the reactor, the German minister added.

Hendricks also expressed her skepticism about the use of "the peaceful atom" for producing power, and stressed the danger of the use of nuclear energy and the grave consequences of accidents in this area.