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

When the Chernobyl reactor exploded, radiation was so deadly it could kill in minutes. Yet one pilot was ordered to fly directly over the burning nuclear core and drop a massive probe with impossible ...

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

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 ...

RUSSIA STRIKES CHERNOBYL DOME BUILT AFTER NUCLEAR MELTDOWN REACTOR CORE BECAME EXPOSED CHERNOBYL DEATH COUNT UNCERTAIN ...

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

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.

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

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

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