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EBRD donors back plan to repair Chornobyl’s protective shield

 Donors to the International Chornobyl Cooperation Account (ICCA), managed by the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), have endorsed
plans for early engineering and procurement works that will pave the way
for potential repairs to the New Safe Confinement (NSC) at the Chornobyl
Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.

A Russian drone strike in February 2025
damaged the NSC, the giant structure built to contain the remains of
Reactor Four and enable the safe dismantling of the original sarcophagus,
which was hastily built after the 1986 accident.

Preliminary assessments by
Novarka 2 (comprising the original NSC designer-builder Bouygues Travaux
Publics and Vinci Construction Grands Projets) estimated that the corrosion
of the steel arch threatened the long-term safety of the NSC, and that work
was needed to restore the structure to full functionality by 2030. Repairs
could cost at least €500 million.

 EBRD 1st April 2026, https://www.ebrd.com/home/news-and-events/news/2026/ebrd-donors-back-plan-to-repair-chornobyl-s-protective-shield.html

April 5, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, Ukraine