A Russian suicide drone has hit the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
- There’s still 185 tons of nuclear material inside Chernobyl, with no active means to control criticality.
- 95% of reactor fuel is still inside, totaling 16 million curies of radioactivity.
Forms of irradiated fuel inside:
• Core fragments
• Lava-like fuel-containing materials (LFCM)
• Fine-dispersed fuel (dust, hot particles)
• Secondary uranium minerals