KIEV, April 25 - The construction of a new cover over the reactor of the destroyed Chornobyl nuclear power plant will start this summer, President Viktor Yushchenko said.

"Five years ago, we reached an agreement with our partners in the world to launch a new project for the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, which is called Shelter. These are arch coverings, the erection of which will start in several months," Yushchenko said in Maryanivka in the Kiev region on Wednesday.