It was a one-of-a-kind and unique project.
這是全世界獨一無二的計劃。
No one had ever built such a structure in a zone this radioactive.
沒人曾在放射性這么高的地區建造如此大的結構。
You could only work a few minutes at a time.
你一次只能工作幾分鐘。
That had never been done before.
這是前所未見的工程。
It is an enormous challenge:
這是個艱巨的挑戰:
How do you build a monumental structure in a place
這里該如何建造巨大結構,
where humans can work for only a few minutes, or even just seconds, at a time?
所有人一次只能工作幾分鐘或甚至只有幾秒鐘?
This utterly new situation will require more improvisation from the liquidators
這個全新情勢需要清理人的更多急智。
And put more lives at risk.
而且讓更多人命涉險。
It has now been more than 12 weeks since the initial blast at Block number 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
離切爾諾貝利核電廠四號反應爐爆炸已過12周。
To stop the deadly contamination, the final attack is launched.
為了中止致命污染,最后搶救行動已經展開。
Radioactivity in this sector is so high that only remote-controlled machines can be sent in.
由于此區的放射性極高,只能利用遙控機器工作。
But people will have to get the machines into position, workers can only stay a few minutes without receiving a fatal dose of radiation.
但是必須有人讓機器就定位,工人只能待幾分鐘,以避免吸收致命輻射量。
With each second, their lives are more and more threatened.
每過一秒,他們的生命就越危險。
Here's one of the armored vehicles.
這是其中一輛裝甲車。
It looks primitive, but we had to build them ourselves.
這看起來很原始,但是我們必須自已打造。
We lined the cabs entirely with lead to protect our soldiers from the radiation as best we could.
整個駕駛艙都襯滿了鉛,以盡量保護士兵不受輻射污染。
Each metallic piece of the structure is prefabricated, sometimes hundreds of kilometres away,
建筑的所有金屬鈑件都是預制,有的來自幾百公里外,
then brought one by one onto the site for assembly.
一件件送來現場組裝。
An extraordinary jigsaw puzzle:
這是驚人的大拼圖:
Beams 150 tons and 70 meters long.
橫梁重150噸,長70公尺。
Buttresses 45 meters high.
扶壁高45公尺。
That's the DEMAC 4000.
那是德馬克4000型起重機
Look at the size of this crane.
你看它有多大。
We couldn't work very long on the site and there was no room for error.
我們無法長時間工作,過程中也不容許絲毫差錯。
The slightest miscalculation and it would have been impossible to fit it all together.
輕微的誤算,所有組件就無法組裝起來。
Despite the extreme conditions, work progresses.
在極端惡劣環境中,工程依然進行著。
100,000 cubic meters of cement are used to make the structure.
十萬立方公尺的水泥,用來打造整個結構。