The Sarcophagus ! The Structure Built to Fail

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The Soviet Union told the world it was permanent. The engineers who built it knew it was a ticking time bomb. This is the declassified truth of the Chernobyl Sarcophagus. In Episode 3 of DECLASSIFIED, we uncover the harrowing 206 days spent constructing the reactor containment structure. Built under lethal radiation limits by workers who had mere minutes to live, the "Sarcophagus"—meaning Flesh Eater—was riddle with thousands of square metres of gaps. Discover what the scientists wrote in the classified reports that the Kremlin tried to bury forever. CHERNOBYL: DECLASSIFIED — Full Series▶ Ep.1 — The Night It Happened▶ Ep.2 — The Lie: How Soviets Hid the Death Toll▶ Ep.3 — Built To Fail . [YOU ARE HERE]▶ Ep.4 — The Cloud They Said Stopped▶ Ep.5 — Could It Happen Again?

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