The Chernobyl Sarcophagus Project of the German-French Initiative

Author: Gunter G. Pretzsch
Organization: Gesellschaft für Anlagen-und Reaktorsicherheit (GRS) mbH

Kurfürstendamm 200
Berlin, 10719
Germany

Phone: +49 30 88589145
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At the Vienna Chernobyl Conference in April 1996 Germany and France declared support of the international cooperation in view of a solution to Chernobyl-related issues. In 1998 the multinational Sacophagus Project was launched in the frame of this initiative.

The aim of the project is collection, analysis, selection, and verification of all relevant safety data concerning building construction, systems and equipment, radiological situation, nuclear fuel, radioactive waste, and environmental impact in a comprehensive database. ArcView GIS and ArcView 3D Analyst serve as a navigation system to retrieve the information from the database using different cross sections of the Sacophagus.