KYIV, April 29 (Reuters) – ⁠The ⁠U.S. will ⁠give $100 million towards repairs ​of the vast radiation containment ‌dome at the ‌Chornobyl plant in ⁠northern ⁠Ukraine, site of the world’s worst atomic ​accident in 1986, after the dome was damaged by ​a Russian drone, Kyiv’s energy ⁠minister, Denys ⁠Shmyhal, said ⁠on Wednesday.

One ​of Chornobyl’s four reactors exploded ​in 1986 ⁠and is now enclosed by a shelter to contain the lingering ⁠radiation. A Russian drone hit that structure in ⁠February last year.

In a post on Telegram, Shmyhal said funding for repairs of the dome, at an estimated cost of 500 million euros ($584.95 million), ⁠was discussed with international partners at a recent conference about the plant.

(Reporting by Max HunderEditing ​by David Goodman)

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