Diagram of an RBMK’s primary cooling loops ... Heading image: The New Safe Confinement in final position over reactor 4 at Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. By Tim Porter, CC-BY-SA 4.0 ...

The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is protected by a vast multi-layered system. At its heart is the original concrete sarcophagus built after the 1986 explosion to contain radioactive material.

the reactor unit, that you can't work above it," says Shaun Burnie, a nuclear expert with Greenpeace. Burnie was part of a Greenpeace team invited to Chernobyl to inspect the damage shortly after ...

A satellite image with overlaid graphics shows military vehicles alongside Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine February 25, 2022. Picture taken February 25, 2022. BlackSky/Handout ...