Chernobyl’s Protective Shield Fails After Drone Strike — Nuclear Watchdog Sounds the Alarm
The protective steel shield built to contain radioactive waste at the Chernobyl disaster site can no longer perform its core safety function after a drone strike earlier this year, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned on Friday. The structure — known as the New Safe Confinement (NSC) — was “severely damaged” in the February … Read more