A hole in the New Safe Confinement shelter was created by a drone with an explosive warhead in February.Volodymyr Tarasov/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images The steel structure sealing off the ...

The UN's International Atomic Energy Agency made a troubling announcement on Friday: Chernobyl's protective shield is no longer working. The containment hangar was meant to seal in radioactive ...

The costs of repairing the damaged New Safe Confinement at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine will be "in the order ...

An interim report on options for the full restoration of the New Safe Confinement's protective functions is due to be presented later this month. Serhii Tarakanov, Director General of SSE Chornobyl ...

The steel structure sealing off the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site has suffered so much damage that it's no longer containing radiation effectively, the International Atomic Energy Agency said on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A hole in the New Safe Confinement shelter was created by a drone with an explosive warhead in February.Volodymyr ...

A steel shield preventing radiation spread from the Chernobyl site isn't working as intended anymore. The IAEA said on Friday that the New Safe Confinement shelter had "lost its primary safety ...