Chernobyl radiation shield has stopped working after Russian drone strikes
5 days ago
- #Chernobyl
- #Nuclear Safety
- #Russian Attack
- The structure designed to prevent radioactive leakage at Chernobyl is no longer operational after Russian drone attacks.
- The new safe confinement was built in 2019 as part of a €1.5 billion Europe-led initiative to replace the reactor destroyed in the 1986 meltdown.
- The structure lost its primary safety functions, including confinement capability, after its outer cladding was set on fire by Russian drones.