sarcophagus

Example Sentences

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That $1.7 billion structure was built to replace a decaying “sarcophagus” that was hastily built after the 1986 disaster to sequester 200 metric tons of radioactive material that remains.

From The Verge

In 2017, Chernobyl got a new 2 billion euro containment system to go over the old sarcophagus.

From Seattle Times

Serratia, Pseudomonas and Rhodococcus ate away at detritus—from visitors and decaying corpses—that had seeped into Michelangelo’s sarcophagi.

From Scientific American

Today, the power plant site has fewer than 2,000 workers who maintain a giant sarcophagus placed over the site to ensure that no nuclear waste is released.

From New York Times

These were wedding leftovers, still in their souvenir sarcophagi.

From Washington Post