The last cubic metre of concrete needed for the foundation of the New Safe Confinement at Chernobyl has been poured, State Specialised Enterprise Chernobyl NPP said on 15 August. The last cubic metre ...

In Chernobyl, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, a giant protective shield is slowly being moved into place a couple of feet at a time. The concrete and steel arch is billed as the ...

Work to assemble the giant arched structure that will protect the ruined Chernobyl unit 4 and enable its dismantling has officially begun on the 26th anniversary of the accident. Work to assemble the ...

Officials at Ukraine's Chernobyl power station said Thursday that the cover over a reactor damaged in the world's worst nuclear accident was weak and could cave in ...

International donors agreed to pay an extra 180 million euros ($201 million) to fund a new cover for the disused Chernobyl nuclear power plant at a conference in London on Wednesday. "Chernobyl ...

It has been two years since a giant steel shelter was slid into position over Chernobyl's crumbling radioactive ruins. The New Safe Confinement (NSC) was deployed in November 2016 to contain radiation ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - A "Chernobyl solution" may be the last resort for dealing with Japan's stricken nuclear plant, but burying it in sand and concrete is a messy fix that might leave part of the country ...