The protective radiation shelter for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant—designed to contain radiation from Reactor 4, which was damaged during the 1986 explosion—could collapse if it’s struck again by ...

The massive multilayered confinement structure built by European partners and completed in 2019 was engineered to seal in the radiation produced by the melted-down nuclear fuel at Chernobyl, restoring ...

Chernobyl was destroyed in 1986 when the plant exploded during a routine safety test at Reactor 4 and sent radiation across Europe. Two workers died in the blast, while a further 28 firemen and plant ...