In Ukraine, the fighting has repeatedly raised fears about energy security and nuclear safety. Those fears grew again this week after new attacks struck key power facilities. The Chernobyl nuclear ...

(via Kyle Hill) On February 14th, 2025, a large drone struck the side of the New Safe Confinement, the megastructure that was designed to contain and eventually decommission the exploded Reactor 4 at ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. As Ukrainians mark the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, last year’s Russian drone attack ...

The site surrounding Chernobyl nuclear plant has been largely deserted since 1986, when the plant suffered a catastrophic meltdown – Copyright Ukrainian Chernobyl ...

In a nutshell: A massive containment structure meant to keep the Chernobyl ruins stable for decades may now be critically compromised. New IAEA inspections point to war-related damage that could ...

Despite the finding, the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a drone that punctured Reactor No. 4’s outermost protective shield in February. By Kim Barker Radiation levels have not ...

Ukraine said Moscow’s forces struck a nuclear fuel storage facility near the mothballed Chernobyl power plant north of Kyiv, an incident that drew a sharp retort from the UN’s atomic watchdog. The ...

PRIPYAT, Ukraine — The two explosions at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came decades apart in the dead of night. The first, at 1:23 a.m. on April 26, 1986, spread a cloud of deadly radiation that ...