Mini Episode: The Fallout of the Chornobyl Strike
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Kim Barker and Brendan Hoffman, “How a Cheap Drone Punctured Chernobyl’s 40,000-Ton Shield,” The New York Times, March 25, 2025, sec. World, https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/world/europe/drone-chernobyl-shield-ukraine-war.html;
IAEA, “Frequently Asked Chernobyl Questions,” Text (IAEA, November 7, 2016), https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/focus/chernobyl/faqs;
ILLIA NOVIKOV and EFREM LUKATSKY, “A Drone Pierced the Outer Shell of Ukraine’s Chernobyl Nuclear Plant. Radiation Levels Are Normal,” AP News, February 14, 2025, https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-war-chernobyl-zelenskyy-71d781dbd66754d0a548edd388f3447a;
Nuclear Newswire, “Fires Extinguished at Chernobyl Following Drone Strike,” Nuclear Newswire, March 13, 2025, https://www.ans.org/news/2025-03-13/article-6852/fires-extinguished-at-chernobyl-following-drone-strike/;
UNN, “Minister of the Environment: The Dismantling of the Sarcophagus Is Postponed Due to the Russian Attack on the Chernobyl NPP | УНН,” Ukrainian National News (UNN), April 12, 2025, https://unn.ua/en/news/minister-of-the-environment-the-dismantling-of-the-sarcophagus-is-postponed-due-to-the-russian-federations-attack-on-the-chernobyl-nuclear-power-plant;
Yurii Kovalenko, “Ukraine Seeking Solutions for Damaged Chernobyl Confinement Vessel, Minister Says,” Reuters, April 13, 2025, sec. Europe, https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-seeking-solutions-damaged-chernobyl-confinement-vessel-minister-says-2025-04-12/.