A massive explosion tore through the protective shield over Chernobyl's Reactor 4 on February 14, 2025, when a drone strike ...

A single drone strike has reopened global anxieties tied to one of history’s most dangerous nuclear sites. On February 14, 2025, a Geran-2–type drone struck the massive structure sealing Chernobyl’s ...

A protective shield covering the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in Ukraine can no longer provide its main containment function ...

Despite the finding, the authorities have been unable to fix the damage from a drone that punctured Reactor No. 4’s outermost ...

Temporary repairs are planned in 2026 to pave the way for permanent restoration, the United Nations agency said.

The protective shield built around the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site in Ukraine can no longer do its job to confine ...

Ukraine said in February a Russian drone had struck the protective shelter housing the nuclear reactor at Chernobyl, the site ...

Scientists found Chernobyl fuel grains that still contain radioactive gases and operational secrets from the reactor after 30 years ...

The site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster remains damaged, but so far, radiation levels outside the plant have not ...

A Russian attack damaged the containment structure in February. The extent of the damage is enormous, as is now becoming ...

(Article originally published in the August/September 1986 issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Vol. 42, Issue 7 “Chernobyl: The Emerging Story,” pages ...

Chernobyl’s protective shield built disaster can no longer contain radioactive material from the 1986 disaster after being ...