Ukrainian authorities are currently focused on repairing the damage to the New Safe Confinement (NSC) at the Chernobyl nuclear plant after a Russian drone strike caused significant harm. The drone attack, which occurred on February 14, resulted in a large hole and over 200 smaller ones due to firefighting efforts. Experts are scheduled to evaluate the damage, and preliminary repair plans may be available within a month. The NSC was a significant international project costing around 1.5 billion and was completed in 2019 to contain radioactive fallout.
The main mission is to close the hole, which is about 15 square meters in size, but also the more than 200 small holes that were drilled into the shell during firefighting operations.
There was still no preliminary estimate of the damage caused by the Russian attack. Research institutes involved in the investigation would provide estimates.
Radiation levels are normal. The staff is still working normally too. Only the pressure caused by some of the explosions has changed.
The New Safe Confinement, built after 45 donor countries contributed around 1.5 billion for the project, contains a pre-existing protective shell.
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