Why Is Chernobyl Suddenly Re-Igniting After 38 Years

from CurioVerse · host Panda Fury

They built a $1.7 billion steel tomb to contain Chernobyl’s Reactor 4, but inside the New Safe Confinement, a terrifying transformation is happening. The infamous Elephant’s Foot is literally disintegrating from the inside out.

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