Steel arch was hit by Russian drone strike in February 2025

Chernobyl Donors Back Plans For Possible €500 Million Repair Work On New Safe Confinement
A Russian drone strike in February 2025 damaged the NSC. Courtesy IAEA.

Donors to the International Chernobyl Cooperation Account (ICCA), managed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), have endorsed plans for early engineering and procurement works that will pave the way for potential repairs to the New Safe Confinement (NSC) at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in Ukraine.

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