Chernobyl: danger of another catastrophe?

[nairiporter]

The war in Ukraine has shown that the Russian military doesn't even refrain from attacking nuclear power plants. In March, their troops temporarily occupied the restricted area around the Chernobyl reactor. Fears of a new catastrophe are growing. The incident has raised serious concerns. In early March, the Chernobyl reactor suddenly found itself in the middle of the war actions.

In April 1986, the fourth nuclear reactor exploded at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, causing an unprecedented accident. Half of Europe was contaminated. At the site of the reactor buried under a thick concrete sarcophagus, there are three more suspended units of the plant, which need constant technical maintenance.

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