The drone damage at Chornobyl (left) and IAEA boss Rafael Grossi. Photos: IAEA Ukrainian firefighters are in full control of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant after a drone strike last month caused extensive damage. The large confinement structure covering the No. 4 reactor destroyed in the 1986 accident, the New Safe Confinement (NSC), had a…
The structure housing the Chernobyl reactor after the attack. Photo: IAEA No radiation leak has been detected after a Russian drone blew a hole in the building housing Chernobyl’s destroyed nuclear reactor, the UN’s nuclear watchdog says. Ukrainian firefighters have been working around the clock in freezing weather to extinguish fires ignited by Friday’s (local…
IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi (no helmet) with Ukraine’s Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko (on his right) and his team at a substation. Photo: IAEA Constant fighting around Ukraine’s nuclear power plants is increasing the risks of an accident, the UN’s nuclear watchdog says. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi recently made…