Partial collapse of the roof over the "turbine hall" of the Chernobyl reactors
14/02/2013
On February 12, 2013, a roof and a section of wall of the turbine hall of the Chernobyl reactors collapsed. IRSN publishes an information note about this event which, given the available evidence, has no impact on the environment.
The collapse was caused by an accumulation of snow on the roof structural steelwork. The area is near the sarcophagus that was installed over the damaged reactor in 1986. The photos below show a view of the outer wall of the turbine hall, locally destroyed, and a view of the roof partially collapsed.