Saturday, April 25, 2026

WORLD_ Chernobyl at 40: A disaster contained — and a new threat emerging (Guillaume Ptak - THE WASHINGTON TIMES)

THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Chernobyl at 40: A disaster contained — and a new threat emerging


A radiation warning sign is seen on April 6, 2026, in the control room for Reactor No. 4 that exploded and burned in 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) more >

By Guillaume Ptak - The Washington Times - Saturday, April 25, 2026


What to know
* Chernobyl's site remains a complex nuclear cleanup operation 40 years after the disaster.
* The New Safe Confinement was built to seal radioactive remains for a century.
* A major strike could release radioactive material from the site.


PARIS — The rusted Ferris wheel in Pripyat, Ukraine, stands frozen in time, a creaking symbol of the Soviet city abandoned in April 1986.

But exactly four decades after the world’s worst nuclear disaster, the danger is no longer just historical.

Forty years after the explosion of Reactor No. 4 at the
Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, the site remains one of the most complex nuclear cleanup operations on Earth.

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READ MORE: https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/apr/25/chernobyl-40-disaster-contained-new-threat-emerging/

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