KIEV, September 2 (RIA Novosti) - Over $1 billion is needed to build a new shelter for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), the Ukrainian emergencies situations minister said Friday.

David Zhvania said the new shelter, a construction called 'the arch,' would preliminarily cost $1,91,000,000. He said Ukrainian experts had done the calculations and coordinated them with the Bank of Europe.

Donor countries intend to announce their final contributions at the next assembly session of the Chernobyl foundation, Shelter.

In addition, Ukraine must conduct work costing $22 million on dismantling the unstable constructions of the previous NPP shelter.

Zhvania said that works would help to provide more than 3,000 Ukrainians with highly paid jobs.

The results of the tender for the construction of 'the Arch' will be announced no earlier than by the end of November 2005.