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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - US Commits $100 Million for Chernobyl Repairs.

The U.S. Department of State has announced a large funding package to repair Chernobyl's protective structure, damaged during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, to prevent potential radioactive leaks.

The U.S. Department of State has announced a large funding package to repair Chernobyl’s protective structure, damaged during the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, to prevent potential radioactive leaks. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The United States Department of State has pledged $100 million to repair the Chernobyl nuclear plant after it was damaged during a Russian drone strike. The State Department’s pledge constitutes 20 percent of the G7’s approximately $500 million cost to repair the site’s protective structure. DETAIL: On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of State announced a $100 million commitment towards repairing the Chernobyl (Chornobyl) power plant, the site of the infamous 1986 nuclear disaster in Soviet Ukraine. The plant…Open

NEWSCATS (MeighTimbol) - At Least 16 Dead in Ukraine Strikes as Chernobyl Anniversary Fuels Nuclear Fears and Wartime Tensions

At least 16 people have been killed in strikes over the weekend across Ukraine, Russian-occupied territory and Russia, local authorities said, as the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster prompted fresh warnings about the [...]

NYTIMES (The New York Times) - 40 Years Ago, a Nuclear Catastrophe at Chernobyl

Photographs from the first days of the Chernobyl disaster and of the aftermath years later show the response, the evacuation and the long-term consequences of the world’s worst nuclear accident.