Chernobyl disaster of 1986: What happened to the nuclear reactor as Russia strikes power plant?
The outer shell that was struck is a protective cover built in 2016 over a heavy concrete containment structure. Soon after the 1986 disaster, the inner layer (in which there was no indication of a breach on Friday morning), was placed on the plant’s fourth reactor. The containment shells seek to prevent radiation leaks.
The nuclear catastrophe that occurred at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near the then-Soviet Union city of Pripyat on April 26, 1986 remains the largest of its kind, both in its immediate ...
The shelter covering reactor four at the Chernobyl nuclear plant has been 'significantly' damaged by a Russian missile strike ...
The Ukrainian town of Pripyat has been left to decay for nearly four decades after it was abandoned overnight after the 1986 ...
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Genetic differences in Chernobyl dogs may not be down to radiation, new study suggestsAmong the things scientists have been looking at recently are the genetic differences of dogs living near in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone (CEZ) near Pripyat in Ukraine, and a new study has been ...
open image in gallery Photograph shows a dog in the ghost town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant (AFP via Getty) Scientists have been studying dog populations near the nuclear ...
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