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US to give $100 million to repair damaged Chornobyl nuclear shelter, Kyiv says

By Reuters, April 30, 2026, Reporting by ​Max Hunder Editing by David Goodman

The U.S. will give $100 million towards repairs ​of the vast radiation containment ‌dome at the Chornobyl plant in northern Ukraine, site of ​the world’s worst atomic ​accident in 1986, after the ⁠dome was damaged by ​a Russian drone, Kyiv’s energy ​minister, Denys Shmyhal, said on Wednesday.

One of Chornobyl’s four reactors exploded ​in 1986 and is ​now enclosed by a shelter to contain ‌the ⁠lingering radiation. A Russian drone hit that structure in February last year.

In a ​post on ​Telegram, ⁠Shmyhal said funding for repairs of the ​dome, at an estimated ​cost ⁠of 500 million euros ($584.95 million), was discussed with international ⁠partners ​at a recent ​conference about the plant.

May 3, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety, Ukraine