The giant steel dome that encloses the ruins of the Chernobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine has suffered “significant structural damage” after a drone strike in February and is no longer fit for purpose, according to an update from the UN’s nuclear watchdog. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) recently deployed extra staff to evaluate the condition of the so-called New Safe Confinement (NSC), the protective structure that was built over reactor 4 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.

Completed in 2016, the shelter was designed to seal off the site of the 1986 Chernobyl meltdown and contain the remaining radioactive material, which is quietly flickering away like the smoldering “em

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