The massive structure designed to keep radiation contained at the defunct Chornobyl nuclear plant in Ukraine is no longer working after it was hit by Russian drone strikes earlier this year, according to the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog.
That’s the main news, and honestly, it’s chilling. The structure, known as the new safe confinement (NSC), has officially “lost its primary safety functions,” prompting a serious warning from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), per Politico.
