“Aleksandrov also saved money by dispensing with the containment building, the thick concrete dome built around almost every reactor in the West, intended to prevent radioactive contamination escaping from the plant in the event of a serious accident – but which, because the RBMK was so enormous, would have doubled the cost of building each unit.”

“Aleksandrov also saved money by dispensing with the containment building, the thick concrete dome built around almost every reactor in the West, intended to prevent radioactive contamination escaping from the plant in the event of a serious accident – but which, because the RBMK was so enormous, would have doubled the cost of building each unit.”

— Adam Higginbotham