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

The site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster remains damaged, but so far, radiation levels outside the plant have not ...

Chernobyl’s protective shield built disaster can no longer contain radioactive material from the 1986 disaster after being ...

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

THE CHERNOBYL nuclear wasteland is home to a life form so hardy that it thrives on radiation. Since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, the ...

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

The site of Ukraine's defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant -- partially destroyed in a 1986 meltdown -- lost power on Wednesday after Russia shelled a nearby substation, Kyiv said. The UN's atomic energy ...

The sarcophagus has lost its basic security functions.

LVIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian authorities say the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, has been knocked off the power grid. Emergency generators are now ...

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

The New Safe Confinement was completed in 2016 - Copyright AFP - The New Safe Confinement was completed in 2016 - Copyright AFP - The site of Ukraine’s defunct ...