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Press tour at Chornobyl NPP
The New Safe Confinement (NSC), an arched isolation structure built over the fourth power unit of the Chornobyl nuclear power plant, in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, on April 23, 2026. April 26, 2026, marks the 40th anniversary of the explosion at reactor No. 4. The incident is regarded as one of the most significant events in the history of nuclear energy. (Photo by Yevhen Kotenko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto)