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 ...

FILE PHOTO: Children's beds are seen in a kindergarten near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the abandoned city of Pripyat KYIV (Reuters) - The Soviet Union knew the Chernobyl nuclear plant was ...

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 ...

A steel arch weighing 3800 tonnes is being lifted at the Chernobyl site in Ukraine, the second such milestone for the New Safe Confinement project. A steel arch weighing 3800 tonnes is being lifted at ...

“Radiation levels inside and outside remain normal and stable,” says the International Atomic Energy Agency. KYIV — A Russian attack drone struck the massive sarcophagus protecting the destroyed ...

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 ...

KYIV (Reuters) – The Soviet Union knew the Chernobyl nuclear plant was dangerous and covered up emergencies there before the 1986 disaster, the Ukrainian authorities said as they released documents to ...