The structure that was supposed to seal Chernobyl’s most dangerous ruins for a century has lost its core safety function, ...

The catastrophe that unfolded at Chernobyl in 1986 was supposed to be entombed behind layers of concrete and steel, a ...

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

The 1986 reactor explosion in modern-day Ukraine is considered the world's biggest nuclear disaster.

A 2025 drone strike has compromised the New Safe Confinement structure at Chernobyl, with the IAEA warning the shield no longer guarantees long-term containment.

The IAEA warns that repeated power losses at nuclear sites pose "unacceptable risks" and urges all sides to protect the ...

IAEA reports drone damage to Chernobyl safety structure. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that the ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned that Chernobyl’s protective shield can no longer fully perform its ...

The word “Chernobyl” has long been synonymous with the catastrophic reactor explosion of 1986 — grim shorthand for what still qualifies, more than three decades later, as the world’s worst nuclear ...

A study reveals that the cause of Chernobyl was not hidden fission, but changes in humidity inside the reactor, revealed by ...

Scientists found Chernobyl fuel grains that still contain radioactive gases and operational secrets from the reactor after 30 years ...

The protective shield at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant can no longer contain radioactive material from the sites’ 1986 ...