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Workers Begin Temporary Repairs At Chernobyl New Safe Confinement

By David Dalton
2 May 2025

Structure was severely damaged by drone attack in February

Workers Begin Temporary Repairs At Chernobyl New Safe Confinement
The drone strike on 14 February pierced a large hole through the roof of the €1.5bn ($1.7bn) structure known as the New Safe Confinement. Courtesy IAEA.
Ukrainian engineers and construction workers are carrying out temporary repairs on the building containing the remains of the reactor destroyed in the 1986 Chernobyl accident after it was severely damaged in a drone attack earlier this year, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Rafael Grossi said.

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