The New Safe Confinement dome protects the surrounding environment from leaking radiation, but a recent drone strike on the structure has impaired that protection.
Warnings are mounting over the structural integrity of the radiation shield at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, with ...
In a nutshell: A massive containment structure meant to keep the Chernobyl ruins stable for decades may now be critically compromised. New IAEA inspections point to war-related damage that could ...
The arch-shaped New Safe Confinement structure built over the remains of Chernobyl's destroyed unit 4 suffered such extensive damage in a drone strike in February that it may not be possible to ...
KIEV, Ukraine - An international effort to seal the destroyed remains of the nuclear reactor that exploded in Ukraine 30 years ago is finally close to completion, and remarkably, considering the ...