26 April 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant when reactor 4 exploded. Since then Ukraine and the international community have been working continuously on overcoming the legacy of the accident and converting Chernobyl into a safe and secure site. Today two major technical tasks remain:
- The first is to make the destroyed unit 4 environmentally safe.
- The second is to safely and securely store the spent nuclear fuel from reactors 1 – 3.