A RUSSIAN drone smashed into Chernobyl’s protective dome ... Siryi said the whole dome could collapse, fully exposing the concrete sarcophagus around Reactor 4. In a chain reaction, the ...

Fears of a nuclear incident in Ukraine rose to the surface on Friday when a drone armed with a warhead blasted through the protective outer shell of the melted-down reactor at Chernobyl ...

A Ukrainian serviceman stands on a vehicle with anti-aircraft gun after a drone attack at the former Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine, Feb. 14, 2025./AP Photo The U.N.'s International Atomic ...

The U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed Friday that a drone attack damaged an outer wall of the protective dome containing the remains of the damaged Chernobyl nuclear ...

Despite the strike, radiation levels at Chernobyl remained normal on Friday. Far below that arched hood, the concrete-and-steel “sarcophagus” encasing the reactor and highly radioactive debris ...

Prof Smith told the BBC a thick concrete "sarcophagus ... was head of the Chernobyl Shelter Fund, which oversaw the construction of the protective dome in the 2010s. He described the apparent ...

Ukraine and its European partners on Wednesday formally inaugurated a new metal dome encasing the destroyed reactor at the infamous Chernobyl plant, wrapping up a two-decade effort. The Chernobyl ...

It can dissolve steel, sand and concrete, and it transforms water into radioactive steam almost instantly. At Chernobyl, it was estimated 1,500 tons of corium was generated, flowing like lava and ...

Universidad de Oviedo provides funding as a member of The Conversation ES. The accident at reactor four of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in 1986 generated the largest release of radioactive ...