The giant New Safe Confinement shelter over the remains of Chernobyl's unit 4 was damaged by a drone in February with an ...

The NSC was erected over a pre-existing protective shell called the sarcophagus, which is there to prevent the release of radioactive contaminants from the reactor, which exploded in 1986.

9 Chernobyl's New Safe Confinement (NSC) contains a labyrinth of passages, suspended walkways, and stairs. Elevators will be used in the future, but are still being installed and tested.

The NSC is a structure that was put in place in 2016 to protect the remains of the fourth reactor of what once was the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and it is meant to prevent the release of ...

Chernobyl now a tourist zone. Construction of the NSC, in the shadow of Reactor 4, started in late 2010 and is expected to be finished in late 2017.

Ukraine blames Russia for drone attack on Chernobyl's protective shell, Zelenskyy says damage 'significant' The International Atomic Energy Agency says there is no indication of a breach in NSC ...

International Atomic Energy Agency staff at the Chernobyl site say "radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable" after a drone was reported to have struck the roof of ...

Tomb Raider. The NSC is a gigantic structure — taller than the Statue of Liberty and large enough to fit the Roman Coliseum inside of it — designed to roll over the number 4 reactor that was ...

The New Safe Confinement (NSC) is worth more than a billion euro and was designed to secure reactor four into the next century.

The New Safe Confinement (NSC), as the shelter is officially known, is a mammoth structure that can withstand a tornado. It was completed to cover the fourth nuclear reactor in Chernobyl in 2016 ...