The nuclear disaster of Chernobyl happened more than 30 years ago. During the meltdown of the reactor core in April 1986 and the subsequent hydrogen explosion, the original protective cover of the ...

Fallout from the Chernobyl disaster reached across a large swathe of Europe. The massive, arch-shaped, steel cover began moving into place on Monday over the cement-encased nuclear reactor at ...

KIEV, Ukraine, April 28 (UPI) -- Ukraine is seeking offers to build a replacement concrete container for a wrecked Chernobyl nuclear reactor, RosBusiness Consulting said Wednesday. The Chernobyl ...

A giant anti-radiation shield started to be moved over Chernobyl nuclear power plant's melted reactor, at the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident more than 30 years ago. The cover is more ...

If all goes as planned, by 2017 the 32,000-ton arch will be delicately pushed on Teflon pads to cover ... Chernobyl cleanup to begin — an arduous task to remove the heavily contaminated reactor ...

It was completed to cover the fourth nuclear reactor in Chernobyl in 2016. The transformation of the energy sector. Policy. Science. Business. Congress. Legislation. Politics. The leader in energy ...

The New Safe Confinement (NSC), as the shelter is officially known, is a mammoth structure that can withstand a tornado. It was completed to cover the fourth nuclear reactor in Chernobyl in 2016.

Wreckage of the military drone that hit the wrecked Chernobyl reactor cover was shown but the type was not immediately clear. Russian Telegram channels claimed the strike was likely a Ukrainian ...

Ukraine signs new agreement to revive Chernobyl and Slavutych as global tourism and education hubs post the war.

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that a Russian drone struck the cover built to contain radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Zelensky said ...

A Russian drone pierced a cover built to contain radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine early Friday, causing damage but not releasing any radiation, officials said. Ukraine has ...