Ukraine Threatens To Keep Chernobyl

On the eve of talks on closing down the Chernobyl nuclear plant, Ukraine warned it will upgrade the aging reactors unless the West comes up with more money to fund a shutdown.

Chernobyl was the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster in April 1986.

Prime Minister Yevhen Marchuk said Ukraine would be forced to keep the plant open if the Group of Seven industrialized nations can’t agree on how to finance the costly closure.