Four decades after the 1986 disaster, a look inside the nuclear power facility and the massive structure that now protects the world outside. MORE PHOTOS: Chernobyl Disaster
An employee speaks with a journalist in a control center of the stopped third reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026. The New Safe Confinement Structure that covers the old sarcophagus which confines the remains of the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026. A journalist visits at a control center of the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026. A journalist visits a control center of the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026. A journalist takes a selfie as he visits a control center of the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026. An employee visits a control center of the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026. Employees visit a control center of the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026. The control center of the stopped third reactor, at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026. Radiation level seen on a monitor of a dosimeter next to the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor, under the New Safe Confinement Structure at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026. An employee measures the radiation level next to the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor under the New Safe Confinement Structure at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026. A visitor reacts as he visits an area next to the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor, under the New Safe Confinement Structure at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026. An employee measures a radiation level next to the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor under the New Safe Confinement Structure at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026. Employees walk next to the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor under the New Safe Confinement Structure at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026. The New Safe Confinement Structure, that covers the old sarcophagus which confines the remains of the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Kyiv Region, Ukraine, April 22, 2026.
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