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

A massive explosion tore through the protective shield over Chernobyl's Reactor 4 on February 14, 2025, when a drone strike ...

The protective shield at the site of the 1986 disaster has lost its main safety function, the IAEA says.

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

Flurries of sparks lit the grey shell of the New Safety Confinement as engineers climbed the damaged arch, inspecting twisted ...

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.

Despite the finding, the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a drone that punctured Reactor No. 4’s outermost ...

A GIANT dome at the Chornobyl nuclear plant that was built to contain radiation is no longer functioning after a drone attack ...

In 2018, researchers even sent one of the Chernobyl molds, a strain dubbed Cladosporium sphaerospermum, to the International ...

A scientist has offered an update on the blue dogs that were found at the Chernobyl site, offering a surprising reason for ...

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