EKOR Application at Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Site -- Update

["Sandy Perle" <sandyfl@earthlink.net>]

Thursday November 11, 10:05 am Eastern Time

Company Press Release

EKOR Application at Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Site --Update  

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 11, 1999--EUROTECH Ltd. (OTC: 
BB:EURO) The Joint Project between EUROTECH, Ltd. and the (Chernobyl) 
Shelter to apply radiation-resistant EKOR at the failed nuclear power 
plant number 4 is progressing ahead of schedule.  

The first application of EKOR, planned before the end of this year, 
will be directly upon the melted nuclear fuel-containing mass (FCM) 
underneath the failed reactor vessel.  

The Shelter Project and EuroAsian Physical Society Scientists, 
inventors of EKOR, selected the FCM site to be coated with EKOR. The 
application site is located in the bubble pool at the elevation 0.0 
of plant number 4, two floors directly beneath the failed reactor and 
inside the sarcophagus, which encloses the plant.  

This site selection will provide an excellent demonstration of the 
ability to apply EKOR and exhibit its performance in the most severe 
environment. Radiation levels in this area are about 1300 rads per 
hour on contact. (A lethal dose is about 350 rads).  

Extensive laboratory testing, the equivalent of hundreds of years at 
this Chernobyl site, has demonstrated no degradation of EKOR 
containment properties. Photographs of the planned application site 
may be viewed in EUROTECH's website (http://www.eurotechltd.com).  

This is the first of several stages of application planned in 
Chernobyl that includes various application methods for EKOR coatings 
and foams in the suppression of radioactive dust and debris, as well 
as, FCM isolation and encapsulation.  

EKOR was created by the group of the scientists from Kurchatov 
Institute for General and Nuclear Physics and associated laboratories 
specifically for the purpose of addressing Shelter problems. EKOR was 
selected by the Shelter management for this isolation project because 
of its radioactive-fire-environmental corrosion resistance and 
ability to maintain these properties for 100's of years.  

Sandy Perle
E-Mail: sandyfl@earthlink.net 
Personal Website: http://www.geocities.com/scperle

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