A drone strike has torn open the most important barrier between the world and the wreckage of Chernobyl’s Reactor Four, ...

Temporary repairs are planned in 2026 to pave the way for permanent restoration, the United Nations agency said.

A shield covering the destroyed nuclear reactor at Chernobyl is no longer blocking radiation from the disaster site in Ukraine, the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog has said. Ukraine said in February ...

Ukraine has repeatedly accused Russia of targeting the facility since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February ...

The New Safe Confinement dome protects the surrounding environment from leaking radiation, but a recent drone strike on the ...

Damage inflicted by a drone strike on the protective structure surrounding a reactor at Ukraine’s Chernobyl nuclear power plant has left it unable to perform its core safety role, Reuters reported, ...

A protective shield covering the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Ukraine can no longer provide its main containment function following a drone strike earlier this year, according to a UN watchdog.

A Russian attack damaged the containment structure in February. The extent of the damage is enormous, as is now becoming apparent.

Radiation levels have not increased outside the Chernobyl power plant, the Ukrainian site of the world’s worst-ever nuclear disaster.

The Europe-built multilayered confinement building completed in 2019 was designed to contain the radiation coming from the melted-down nuclear fuel.View on euronews ...

The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job to confine ...

The New Safe Confinement was completed in 2016 - Copyright AFP - The New Safe Confinement was completed in 2016 - Copyright AFP - The site of Ukraine’s defunct ...