A hole in the New Safe Confinement shelter was created by a drone with an explosive warhead in February.Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images A steel shield preventing radiation spread ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed this week that the New Safe Confinement structure—designed to confine radiation at the ...

Chernobyl was destroyed in 1986 when the plant exploded during a routine safety test at Reactor 4 and sent radiation across ...

A steel shield preventing radiation spread from the Chernobyl site isn't working as intended anymore. The IAEA said on Friday that the New Safe Confinement shelter had "lost its primary safety ...

Drone damage to the protective shield around a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine has rendered it unable to do its main safety function, a nuclear watchdog said. The drone strike ...

The Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant was left without electricity on January 20, sparking concerns about the containment structure sealing the damaged reactor ...

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.

(MENAFN) The protective enclosure above the reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is no longer able to fully ensure radiation containment, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency ...

Chernobyl Safety Containment By Tim Porter - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=63469363 Structural weaknesses have emerged in ...

In the shadow of Reactor 4, where the 1986 Chernobyl explosion unleashed history's worst nuclear catastrophe, hundreds of stray dogs have thrived amid lethal radiation. Evacuating 350,000 people and ...