Chernobyl

Svitlana Grynchuk, Ukraine's Minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources, speaks to the media next to a solar power plant constructed in Chornobyl exclusion zone, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv region, Ukraine April 12, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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Ukraine seeking solutions for damaged Chernobyl confinement vessel

Officials at the plant said the drone attack punched a large hole in the new containment structure's outer cover and exploded inside

A view shows the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure, that covers the old sarcophagus which confines the remains of the damaged fourth reactor, hit by a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Kyiv region, Ukraine February 14, 2025. Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout via REUTERS
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Zelenskiy says Russian drone damages Chornobyl plant's radiation shield

A general view shows the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine 22 November 2018. Picture taken 22 November 2018. REUTERS
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Some Russian troops still in Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine says

A general view shows the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine 22 November 2018. Picture taken 22 November 2018. REUTERS
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Ukraine state nuclear firm says all Russian forces have left Chernobyl plant

An armoured personnel carrier is seen during tactical exercises, which are conducted by the Ukrainian National Guard, Armed Forces, special operations units and simulate a crisis situation in an urban settlement, in the abandoned city of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine February 4, 2022.
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Russian forces take Chernobyl workers' town; fighting in centre of Mariupol

Russians have destroyed Chernobyl lab: Ukraine
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Russians have destroyed Chernobyl lab: Ukraine

A general view shows the New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, in Chernobyl, Ukraine 22 November 2018. Picture taken 22 November 2018. REUTERS
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Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear plant has no external electricity supply again

FILE PHOTO: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi attends a news conference upon his arrival from Iran at Vienna International Airport in Schwechat, Austria, March 5, 2022. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
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Russia backs IAEA chief's idea of Ukraine meeting but not at Chernobyl

An aerial view from a plane shows a New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant during a tour to the Chernobyl exclusion zone, Ukraine April 3, 2021. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo
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Chernobyl power plant captured by Russian forces -Ukrainian official

Photo: Reuters
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Russian troops breach area near Chernobyl, adviser to Ukrainian minister says

Photo :Collected
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In Chernobyl ghost town, Ukraine forces train for combat

Children's beds are seen in a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine April 12, 2021. Picture taken April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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Ukraine eyes Unesco World Heritage tag for Chernobyl

A Lebanese couple inspect the damage to their house in an area overlooking the destroyed Beirut Port on Aug. 5, in the aftermath of a pair of massive explosions in the Lebanese capital. JOSEPH EID/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
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The Beirut blast is Lebanon’s Chernobyl